Vaginal hysterectomy in a 95-year-old woman a case report/ Histerectomia vaginal em mulher de 95 anos relato de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Rogenski, Raquel de Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Braga, João Paulo Costa, Oderich, Carolina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Health Review
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BJHR/article/view/46044
• topic: vaginal hysterectomy; quality of life; elderly; life style.

M.M, 95-year-old Japanese woman, 6 vaginal deliveries, presented a 20 days fetid vaginal smell/5 months mild vaginal bleeding. Well appearing, oriented and coherent. Physically active, having a controlled mild hypertension as the only comorbidity. Vaginal exame, identified a foul smelling from the cervix. A transvaginal ultrasound revealed anteverted/flexed uterus, and the endometrial cavity had cystic/solid content, without vascularity in doppler. Endometrial biopsy was performed and the hypothesis of neoplastic cells was discharged. It was indicated a total vaginal hysterectomy.  There were no complications. The correct anesthetic dose provided lower risk and a better outcome. In the first 12 hours, a pre-renal acute renal failure was reversed. The hospital discharge was after 2 days, when the patient had no pain, was walking and urinating.  Only dipyrone was used as analgesic and 14 days of clindamycin was prescribed. After a month, no complaints/pain were reported. The patient returned to her daily habits and to social contact in a short time, indicating a good evolution. The surgery highly improved the patient’s quality of life.