Mesut Ali Halisçelik

Abstract This study compared the surgical outcomes of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and vaginal-assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) in patients with a history of gynecologic and obstetric surgery. This cross-sectional study included 100 women who underwent TLH (n = 50) and vNOTES hysterectomy (n = 50) for benign gynecological pathologies. The demographic features and surgical outcomes of all the patients were recorded retrospectively.

2. Materials and Methods In this retrospective, comparative study, the medical records of patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) (group 1) and vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) (group 2) hysterectomy between January 2023 and January 2024 at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of the University of Health Sciences Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital were reviewed.