Laparoscopic total hysterectomy, tumor removal at Hoan My Vinh

Four years ago, during a health check, Ms. HTS, 48 years old in Chau Quang, Quy Hop discovered that she had uterine fibroids even though she had no symptoms of the disease. Recently, Ms. S. often had lower abdominal pain accompanied by menstrual disorders.

Through examination, the doctors determined that the patient had many large fibroids in the uterus, with complications such as hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia, and metrorrhagia. Realizing that medical treatment was no longer effective, Ms. S. was assigned to undergo surgery.endoscopytotal hysterectomy, removal of tumor.

A team of doctors from Vinh International Hospital performed surgery to remove a large uterine fibroid for a patient. Photo: Kim Chung

SongsurgeryThe surgery took place in about 60 minutes. During the surgery, the doctor explored the abdomen and found many tumors of different sizes, the largest being about 14 x 8cm. The doctors removed the uterus, leaving both ovaries, without any complications of infection or impact on the rectum, ureter, or bladder.

Doctor Nguyen Khanh Hoa of the surgical team said: "This is a relatively large uterine fibroid.The patient was discovered when coming to the gynecologist with complications such as: menorrhagia, metrorrhagia...ãEndoscopic surgery helps to minimize invasiveness during intervention.ãsurgery while still ensuring treatment effectiveness".

After 4 days of post-operative observation in the hospital, the patient's health recovered well, the incision was small, dry, and the abdomen was soft. The patient was able to walk, exercise lightly, and was discharged immediately after.

Image of fibroid tumor removed from patient's body after surgery. Photo: Kim Chung.

At Vinh International Hospital, this is a technique routinely performed for cases.uterine fibroidssmall and medium size; high success rate, good post-operative results.

Uterine fibroidsis a benign tumor that develops from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus. This is a common disease in the age group of 30-45 years old, the rate of development depends on the patient's constitution and age. With small tumors, the early stages are almost asymptomatic, sogynecological examinationRegularly detecting and monitoring small fibroids is necessary to have timely and appropriate intervention indications; avoiding dangerous complications such as: Abnormal uterine bleeding; Slow pregnancy or infertility, when pregnant, it can easily cause miscarriage, premature birth, abnormal fetal position causing difficulty in labor; Endometritis, pelvic inflammation, salpingitis ...; The tumor gradually grows and presses on the uterus causing endometrial hyperplasia, prolapse into the uterine cavity, cervical precancer ...

Therefore, regular gynecological examination every 6 months,cervical cancer screeningAnnual check-ups are the best reproductive health care measures for women. This necessary work helps detect and treat early common gynecological diseases such as: infections, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids or early stage cancer.

In order to screen and detect potential risks early, Vinh International Hospital implements the program"Free rangegynecological control"with many incentives:

- Free examination and consultation;

- 100% free of additional costs and co-payments for services: Breast ultrasound; Uterine and ovarian ultrasound; Mammography;

- 30% discount on testing costs for vaginal discharge examination, ovarian cancer and breast cancer screening;

- 10% reduction in cervical cancer screening costs;

- Give a 1,500,000 VND discount voucher when surgery is indicated.

"Free" Programgynecological screening"

Time: From September 24, 2020 - September 26, 2020
Location: At the Department of Obstetrics, Vinh International Hospital, No. 99, Pham Dinh Toai Street, Nghi Phu Commune, Vinh City, Nghe An.
For details, please contact 0901.74.71.73 (Business hours)