Gynaecological surgery (excluding malignant conditions but including complications after surgery)

Medical therapies:

• Antibiotics
  [P] Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy
• Anticoagulants
• Catherterisation
• Local anaesthetics
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Surgical interventions:

• Adhesion barriers (e.g. Interceed)
• Diathermy
• Intravenous fluids
• Suture techniques
• Wound closures

Surgical techniques:

• Types of hysterectomy
  [P] Surgical approaches to hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease
• Minimally invasive surgery
  [P] Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for benign ovarian tumours
• Outpatient hysterescopy

Post-operative complications following gynaecoloical surgery (eg, urinary retention, thromboembolism) :

Medical therapies

• Antibiotics
• Anticoagulants
  [R] Anticoagulant and aspirin prophylaxis for preventing thromboembolism after major gynaecological surgery
• Other
  [P] Early versus delayed (traditional) oral fluids and food for reducing complications after major abdominal gynaecologic surgery

[P] = Protocol