BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to assess the rate of persistent submucosal myomas and intrauterine scarring after hysteroscopic myomectomy, as well as to evaluate the preoperative and intraoperative sonohysterographic findings that will predict persistence of myomas, scarring, and the need for repeat surgery. METHODS Charts from all hysteroscopic myomectomies performed...

Background: Uterine fibroids are the most common form of benign uterine tumors. African women reproductive age usually present late with large and numerous fibroids. Conservative surgical treatment requires ways to reduce intraoperative bleeding. This study attempts describe innovative methods in efficient management low-and middle incomes countries. We demonstrate efficiency tourniquet during ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the results of hysteroscopic myomectomy in our center and to compare the results to those published in the literature. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of the clinical histories of patients who had undergone hysteroscopic myomectomy with a resectoscope between January 1992 and December 1999. Procedures were performed at a hysteroscopic clinic in the Department o...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication on 17 April urging doctors not to use laparoscopic power morcellation for hysterectomies or removal of uterine fibroids over concerns that the technique may spread uterine sarcomas beyond the uterus. These procedures use a device with rapidly spinning blades to cut the uterine tissue into fragments so that it can be removed...

Although the World Health Organization suggests 10-15% as the adequate cesarean delivery rate to assure optimal prognosis for mother and children, cesarean rates have continuously increased worldwide over the last three decades, even in primiparous women. Moreover, uterine scars after myomectomies, complications of obstetrical interventions and more recently, after fetal surgery, are often obse...