Uterine myomata: Organ-preserving surgery

Most women with uterine myoma are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. However, myoma can also lead to menorrhagia, pressure symptoms, abdominal pain, and infertility. Management of symptomatic women with myoma depends on several factors, including age, desire for fertility, and myoma char...

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Veröffentlicht in:Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology 2016-08, Vol.35, p.30-36
Hauptverfasser: Closon, Francois, MD, Tulandi, Togas, MD, MHCM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Most women with uterine myoma are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. However, myoma can also lead to menorrhagia, pressure symptoms, abdominal pain, and infertility. Management of symptomatic women with myoma depends on several factors, including age, desire for fertility, and myoma characteristics. Uterine myoma that distorts the uterine cavity, either submucous myoma or intramural myoma, with a submucous component reduces fertility, and is associated with increased uterine bleeding. The treatment of choice is hysteroscopic myomectomy or abdominal myomectomy, preferably by laparoscopy. Robotic assistance in laparoscopic myomectomy leads to outcomes similar to conventional laparoscopic myomectomy. However, it is expensive. Newer techniques include either laparoscopic or transcervical radiofrequency thermal ablation.
ISSN:1521-6934
1532-1932
DOI:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.09.005