2. DILATATION & CURETTAGE
Indications
A. Dilatation of the cervix
1.A preliminary to curettage
2.Prior to hysteroscopy
3.As a step of other operations e.g. cervical
amputation or Fothergill repair
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3. 4. Insertion of IUD in stenotic cervix
5. Introduction of intracervical or intrauterine radium
6. Cervical stenosis
7. Spasmodic dysmenorrhea
8. Drainage of pyometra or haematometra
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4. B. Curettage of the uterine cavity
1.Diagnosis & treatment of abnormal uterine
bleeding
2.Diagnosis of endometrial cancer
3.Diagnosis & treatment of endometrial hyperplasia,
endometrial polypi & submucous myoma
4.To detect ovulation & its defects in infertility
5.Removal of IUCD
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11. Perforation of the uterus
Diagnosis: Sound, dilator or curette is passed beyond
the pre-determined length of the uterus.
Management:
1.Avoid the part where perforation occurred (no
necessarily to stop)
2.Observation: hemorrhage, peritonitis
3.Laparotomy: intestine is exposed for possible injury,
uterine wound is sutured, peritoneal cavity is lavaged
& drained
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13. ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY
Indications: Cystocele
Steps: 1. Anterior vaginal wall incision
2. The anterior vaginal wall is separated from the
bladder & the bladder is pushed to its normal
position as a pelvic organ
3. Plication of the the pubovesical fascia beneath
the bladder to form a shelf
4. Redundant vaginal wall is removed
5. Vagina is closed in the midline
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17. Posterior colpoperineoraphy
Indication: Rectocele
Steps
1. Incision at the mucocutaneous junction.
2. The posterior vaginal wall is separated from the rectum
3. The 2 levator ani are approximated in front of the rectum
4. Redundant vaginal wall is removed
5. The superficial perineal muscles are approximated in the
midline
6. The vagina is closed
7. The skin of the perineum is closed
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19. FOTHERGILLS OPERATION
Indication
Combined vaginal & uterine prolapse with
supravaginal elongation of the cervix
Steps
1.Dilatation & curettage: Dilatation to cover the
cervical stump. Curettage to exclude uterine
pathology
2.Anterior colporrhaphy: repair cystocele
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20. 3. Amputation of the cervix: restore the normal
length of the cervix
4. Shortening & approximating of the
Mackenrodt ligaments in front of the cervix:
elevate the uterus & pull the cervix
posteriorly to correct the retroversion
5. Posterior colpoperineoraphy: repair
rectocele & to strengthen the lax pelvic floor
to prevent recurrence
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21. MYOMECTOMY
Indication
Symptomatizing patient who did not complete her
family
Types
1.Abdominal
2.Vaginal
3.Hysteroscopic: submucous <5cm
4.Laparoscopic: Pedunculated subserous
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29. Types of abdominal hysterectomy
• Subtotal: removal of the uterus with preservation of
the cervix
• Total: removal of the uterus & cervix
• Pan: total with bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy
• Radical: removal of the uterus, cervix, parametrial
tissue, endopelvic fascia, uterosacral ligaments &
pelvic lymph nodes
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32. • Cesarean hysterectomy:
• removal of the uterus after C.S e.g. atonic postpartum
hemorhage or placenta accreta.
• Hysterectomy-en-toto: Removal of the uterus with a
contained dead fetus without opening the uterus to
decrease blood loss e.g. couvelaire uterus
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33. Types
1. Extrafacial:
removal of the uterus with its fascial layer. It is the
operation usually performed
2. Intrafascial:
The outer (endopelvic) fascia is left attached to the
bladder. It is used when it is difficult to dissect the
bladder from front of the cervix e.g. adhesions from
previous CS.
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35. Steps
1. Division & ligation of the round ligaments
2. Division & Ligation of the tubes & ovarian
ligaments if the ovaries will be left, or the infundibulo-
pelvic ligaments if the ovaries will be removed.
3. Incise the peritoneum of the vesicouterine pouch
by extending the incision in the anterior leaf of the
broad ligament, then dissect the bladder downward
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36. 3. Clamp the uterine arteries & divide them
4. Uterosacral ligaments & Mackenrodtks ligaments
are divided & ligated.
5. The vagina is divided from its attachment to the
cervix.
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37. Indications
(1) Prophylactic (elective).
Suspected cervical incompetence.
Cerclage at 14 weeks {early miscarriage caused by
other factors}.
(2) Urgent (therapeutic)
Asymptomatic women with sonographic evidence of
cervical shortening and/or funneling
(3) Emergency (salvage) cervical cerclage
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38. • Indications:
(ACOG, 1996)
1. History compatible with incompetent cervix AND
2. Sonogram demonstrating funneling OR
3. Clinical evidence of extensive obstetric trauma
to cervix
Cerclage
should only be considered when the history of
miscarriage is preceded by spontaneous rupture
of membranes or painless cervical dilatation
(RCOG,2002).
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43. Technique
No bladder dissection, and the cervix is closed using
four or five bites with the needle to create a purse
string around the cervix. placed high on the cervix,
with a non-absorbable suture or a 5 mm band of
permanent suture.
Burried technique
(Jenning, 1972)
The successive bites reenter the cervix at the
previous point of exit, so the suture remains
submucosal. Vaginal discharge & vaginitis are
less
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