Effect of surgeon's experience on complications from laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Objective: To analyze the effect of learning in two surgeons on complications and conversion to laparotomy during total and subtotal laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Material And Methods: We analyzed retrospectively 236 total and subtotal laparoscopic hysterectomies done by two surgeons from the time they first performed the procedure. The interventions were classified in three groups based on the surgeon's experience: the first 75 hysterectomies ("novice period"), the subsequent 75 hysterectomies ("intermediate"), and the subsequent 86 hysterectomies ("routine period").