Effect of remote cesarean delivery on complications during hysterectomy : a cohort study

• BACKGROUND: Cesarean section is frequently performed worldwide, and follow-up studies reporting complications at subsequent surgery are warranted.OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to investigate the association between a previous abdominal delivery and complications during a subsequent hysterectomy, and to estimate the fraction of complications driven by the presence of adhesions.STUDY DESIGN: This was a longitudinal population based register study of 25354 women undergoing a benign hysterectomy at 46 hospital units in Sweden 2000-2014.RESULTS: Adhesions were found in 45 % of the women with a history of cesarean delivery. Organ injury affected 2.2 %. The risk of organ injury (aOR 1.74, 95 % CI 1.41-2.15) and post-operative infection (aOR 1.26, 95 % CI 1.15-1.39) was increased with prior cesarean section, irrespective of whether adhesions were present or not. The direct effect on organ injury by a personal history of cesarean delivery was estimated to 73 %, and only 27 % was mediated by the presence of adhesions. Previous cesarean was a predictor of bladder injury (aOR 1.86, 95 % CI 1.40-2.47) and bowel injury (aOR 1.83, 95 % CI 1.10-3.03) but not ureter injury. A personal history of other abdominal surgeries was associated with bowel injury (aOR 2.27, 95 % CI 1.37-3.78), and the presence of endometriosis increased the risk of ureter injury (aOR 2.15, 95 % CI 1.34-3.44).CONCLUSIONS: Prior cesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk of complications during a subsequent hysterectomy, but the risk is only partly attributable to the presence of adhesions. Previous cesarean delivery and presence of endometriosis were major predisposing factors of organ injury at the time of the hysterectomy whereas background and perioperative characteristics were of minor importance.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Adhesive disease

adhesions

cesarean section

complications

endometriosis

hysterectomy

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