Abstract
Purpose: The aim of our study was to compare three widely used surgical techniques of hysterectomy
in the well defined sub-population of patients undergoing hysterectomy - FtM transsexuals.
Material and methods of investigation: Hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy was performed in 61 FtM transsexuals; patients
were randomized into three categories: abdominal hysterectomy through a lower midline
laparotomy (AHL), abdominal hysterectomy through a low transverse incision (AH), and
total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). Methods of assessing the results: The criteria studied were duration of surgery, blood loss and the length of post-operative
hospitalization. The incidence of complications was also recorded. Results: Mean blood loss (136 ml) in the TLH patients was significantly lower than in either
the AH (217 ml) or the AHL (226 ml) patients. Similarly, the length of post-operative
hospitalization was significantly shorter for TLH (4.7 days) than for AH (6.4 days)
and AHL (6.7 days). However, the duration of the surgery was significantly longer
in TLH group (110 minutes) than with either the AH (55 minutes) or AHL (54 minutes).
Differences between the AH and AHL procedures were not significant in any of the three
studied criteria. Discussion, conclusions: In our set of patients TLH was associated with lower blood loss and shorter hospital
stay compared to the laparotomic procedures and we found no post-operative complications
in TLH patients. The only significant disadvantage was longer duration of TLH procedure
compared to the open procedures. Based on our experience, we regard TLH as the method
of choice in the surgical management of the FtM transsexuals.
Zusammenfassung
Fragestellung: Die Intention unserer Studie war es, drei verbreitete operative Techniken der Hysterektomie
anhand gut charakterisierter Gruppen von transsexuellen Patienten zu vergleichen,
an denen eine Geschlechtsumwandlung von weiblich zu männlich (FtM) durchgeführt wurde.
Material und Methodik: Hysterektomie mit bilateraler Adnexektomie wurde an 61 FtM-Transsexuellen durchgeführt.
Die Patienten wurden in drei Gruppen randomisiert: abdominale Hysterektomie durch
eine tiefe Mittellinienlaparotomie (AHL), abdominale Hysterektomie durch einen tiefen
transversen Einschnitt (AH) und totale laparoskopische Hysterektomie (TLH). Die Kriterien
des Vergleichs waren: Dauer der Operation, Blutverlust und die Dauer des nacheingrifflichen
Krankenhausaufenthalts. Komplikationen wurden ebenfalls berücksichtigt. Ergebnisse: Der durchschnittliche Blutverlust (136 ml) der TLH-Patienten war signifikant niedrig
als der in der AH- (217 ml) oder der AHL-Patientengruppe (226 ml). Ebenso war die
Dauer des postoperativen Krankenhausaufenthalts signifikant kürzer für Patienten der
TLH-Gruppe (4,7 Tage) als für die der AH- (6,4 Tage) und AHL-Gruppen (6,7 Tage). Die
durchschnittliche Operationsdauer war jedoch deutlich länger für die THL-Gruppe (110
min) als bei den AH- (55 min) oder AHL-Eingriffen (54 min). Die Unterschiede zwischen
AH- und AHL-Eingriffen waren in keinem der untersuchten Kriterien signifikant. Schlussfolgerung: In unserer Patientengruppe war TLH im Vergleich zu den laparotomischen Eingriffen
mit geringeren Blutverlusten und kürzeren Krankenhausaufenthalten verbunden und wir
konnten keine postoperativen Komplikationen bei THL beobachten. Den einzig signifikanten
Nachteil stellt die längere Dauer des THL-Eingriffs im Vergleich zu den offenen Eingriffstechniken
dar. Aufgrund dieser Erkenntnisse halten wir THL in der Handhabung der transsexuellen
Umwandlung für die operative Methode der Wahl.
Key words
FtM transsexuals - hysterectomy - total laparoscopic hysterectomy
Schlüsselwörter
FtM-Transsexuelle - Hysterektomie - totale laparoskopische Hysterektomie
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M.D. Borek Sehnal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University Hospital Na Bulovce The First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague
Budinova 2
180 00 Prague 8
Czech Republic
Email: boreksehnal@seznam.cz