A single center retrospective study of vNOTES hysterectomy, laparoscopic hysterectomy and vaginal hysterectomy operations
Fatmanur Mollahüseyinoğlu Küllaç, Ayşe Zehra Özdemir, Çağlanur YildizIn our study, we aimed to retrospectively compare vNOTES hysterectomy, a new method, with a vaginal hysterectomy (VH) and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). Our study included 186 hysterectomy cases (62 vNOTES hysterectomy, 62 VH, and 62 TLH) with benign indications diagnosed between 2021 and 2022. Our study is a retrospective and single-center study. Three surgical techniques were evaluated comparatively according to demographic characteristics and surgical results. The least hemoglobin (Hb) decline and the longest mean operation time were observed in the vNOTES hysterectomy group. When discharge times were compared, it was observed that the vNOTES hysterectomy group was discharged significantly shorter than the TLH group (