Abstract

Background: Women often require a hysterectomy via laparotomy or laparoscopy. Morcellation is often necessary to perform a laparoscopic surgery. The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of unexpected uterine sarcomas (UUSs) after hysterectomy and to reduce the occurrence and avoid the morcellation of UUSs by analyzing their characteristics. Methods: Women who had a hysterectomy for various reasons in Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Durg, India between January 2014 and September 2016 were selected for the study, and their clinical characteristics were analyzed. Results: During the period, 5 UUSs were found in 774 cases, and the overall incidence was 0.65%. Most of the UUSs