Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effect of surgical risk factors, including type of surgery, body mass index, uter-ine size and presence of adhesions, on perioperative outcomes and complication rates in laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH).
This was a retrospective cohort study of 264 LH cases per-formed between 2005 and 2013 at a London University Hos-pital. One hundred sixty six (62.9 %) underwent laparoscopic
subtotal hysterectomy (LASH) and 98 (37.1 %) total laparo-scopic hysterectomy (TLH). Mean operation duration was 77(±35)min and mean estimated blood loss (EBL) was
196(±128)ml. Mean specimen weight was 323 g (range 46– 1765 g). There were no conversions to laparotomy. Patients undergoing LASH were older than TLH patients (46.7 vs 42.8 years,p