Yeovil District Hospital Offering Women Sutureless Surgery For Vaginal Hysterectomies - England

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology
Also Included In: Fertility
Article Date: 25 Jun 2008 - 4:00 PDT

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Yeovil District Hospital is the first hospital in the South West of England to be able to offer women sutureless surgery for vaginal hysterectomies.

Thanks to the purchase of a new diathermy machine surgeons can now perform day case vaginal hysterectomies.

Consultant gynaecologist, Sharif Ismail said: "This is a new era in gynaecological surgical techniques and will reduce the operating time and the risks to the patient, reduce bleeding, the amount of pain relief which needs to be given after the operation and the post-operative stay. This not only benefits the patient but frees beds to enable the hospital to continue to reduce its waiting lists.

"Feedback from patients who participated in the trial phase was very positive and this prompted the hospital to introduce the technique to improve both health care and patient satisfaction."

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care for a population of about 180,000, mostly in South Somerset, North and West Dorset, and parts of Mendip. Increasingly, however, patients are using patient choice and deciding to come to YDH from as far afield as London and Portsmouth.

Each year more than 30,000 patients are admitted as inpatients or day cases; more than 90,000 people attend outpatient appointments; around 40,000 people are treated in Accident and Emergency; and some 1,300 babies are born in the Maternity Unit. The Foundation Trust has over 7,000 members and over 1,800 staff.

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust