From March 1, 1991 through December 31, 1994, 87 patients with cervical carcinoma were treated with radical hysterectomy in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University Medical College, Holy Family Hospital.
We studied about the duration of Hemovac insertion, the amount of Hemovac drainage, the duration of indwelling foley catheter, the amount of intraoperative or postoperative trasfusion, and postoperative complications among 87 patients who were
operated
at Holy Family Hospital.
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN 1. The mean age of patients was 50.5years(range : 30 years~71 years). Patients in stage Ib were 49.5%.
2. Only radical hysterectomy without chemotherapy or radiation therapy was carried out 84.6% in stage Ia, 48.8% in stage Ib, 33.3% in stage IIa and 21.0% in stage IIb.
3. The mean duration of Hemovac insertion was 8.9% days(range : 2days~22 days) and the mean amount of Hemovac drainage was 191.7cc(range : 19.2 cc~1070.7cc) The Hemovac was removed out when the drainage amount was about 70~80 cc.
4. The mean duration of indwelling foley catheter was 25.5 days (range : 14 days~97 days)
5. The mean amount of intraoperative or postoperative transfusion was 4.7 pints(range : 1 pint~11 pints).
6. Among the postoperative complications, urinary tract infection was 18.4%, wound infection was 4.6%, stump abscess was 3.5, postoperative bleeding was 1.2%, recurrent cervical carcinoma was 5.8%, and obturator nerve palsy, ureterovaginal and
rectovaginal fistula were respectively 1 cases.
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