en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Aims:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Surgical incisions have been performed by a scalpel for many years, and today, the use of an alternative method, catheter incision, is increasing daily. This study aimed to evaluate the complications of using electrocautery and scalpel in surgical abdominal wall incisions in hysterectomy surgery.</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"IRANSharpSmall Light","sans-serif""></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Materials & Methods</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The present single-blind study was performed on 92 eligible women undergoing hysterectomy surgery with a transverse incision in Imam Sajjad Hospital, Yasuj, Iran. Patients were randomly divided into hysterectomy with a scalpel (46 samples) and electrocautery (46 samples). Then, post-surgery infection after the surgery, the extent of wound separation after a month, pain intensity in the first, second, and eighth days after the surgery, blood loss</span></span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">(weighting consumed blood gauzes before and after surgery), in both groups of scalpel and electrocautery were measured and compared. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS 19 software.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Findings</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The two groups were similar in age, cause of hysterectomy, and type of delivery. There were no significant differences between the two groups in postoperative infection rate, incision time, and wound separation rate. However, a significant difference was indicated in the distribution of pain intensity in the electrocautery group on the first (p<0.001), second (p<0.001), and eighth day after surgery (p=0.03), and blood loss (p=0.017), which were reported significantly lower than in the scalpel group.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Conclusion</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The electrocautery method causes less pain intensity and blood loss than the scalpel method.</span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Hysterectomy,Scalpel,Pain,Electrocautery, 77 82 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-215-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 P. Ghaffari ghafari80@yahoo.com 10031947532846004597 7458-0216-0256-0548 No Department of gynecology and obstetrics, School of Medicine Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran S. Mardani mardanisara80@gmail.com 10031947532846004598 1524-2568-6090-0212 No Department of gynecology and obstetrics, School of Medicine Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran J. M. Malekzade janmohamadi@gmail.com 10031947532846004599 10031947532846004599 No Department of Nutrition, School of Health and Nutrition Science, Yasuj University of Medical sciences, Yasuj, Iran Sh. Aramesh ARAMESH@YAHOO.COM 10031947532846004600 10031947532846004600 Yes Department of gynecology and obstetrics, School of Medicine Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran