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The Effect of Total Abdominal Hysterectomy on Bladder Function in Asymptomatic Women

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel

Abstract

The effect of total abdominal hysterectomy as treatment for benign conditions on the postoperative incidence of urinary symptoms and abnormal urodynamic findings was evaluated in 16 premenopausal women who lacked urinary symptoms preoperatively. The urodynamic evaluation was performed preoperatively, at 4 weeks, and again at 4 months after surgery. No clinical symptoms of frequency, nocturia, urgency, or urge or stress incontinence were found postoperatively. There were no significant differences from the preoperative values for cystometry, uroflometry, and urethral pressure profiles. Urinary dysfunction should not be a consequence of an uncomplicated total abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions in women who were previously free of urinary symptoms.

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