After having been almost abandoned, supracervical hysterectomy has been recently re-advocated, especially after the development of laparoscopy, because it is stated to have less morbidity and minor intra-operative complications. However, long term outcomes report high incidences of late complications Case Report A 49 year-old patient with a history of previous laparotomic myomectomy and one cae...

Massive hemoperitoneum from spontaneous bleeding of uterine myoma is an extremely rare condition, that needs urgent surgical exploration. We report a 40-year-old woman, admitted for acute onset of abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed hypovolemic shock. The hemoglobin level was of 5 g/dL. Ultrasonography revealed hemoperitoneum. Emergency surgical exploration was planned. There was hemo...

background: abnormal uterine bleeding is a common presentation of uterine abnormalities among premenopausal and postmenopausal women. objective: to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of saline contrast sonohysterography and hysteroscopy for detecting the cause of abnormal uterine bleeding. materials and methods: a total of 65 women with abnormal uterine bleeding were enrolled in this ...

Uterine artery embolisation (UAE) is an organconserving, established, safe and effective procedure in the physicianʼs toolbox for treating complaints due to myoma. The aim of UAE is rather to reduce or eliminate complaints due to a myoma and not to remove the myoma. At the same time a reduction of the size of the myoma can be achieved. There is agreement between the specialties gynaecology and ...

Endometriosis is a common disease of women. In the present study, the expression of osteopontin (OPN), integrin αvβ3 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in tissue of endometriosis were studied in order to investigate their functions and the clinical value. The result of the present study revealed that OPN was expressed in the gland epithelium cells, and the expression of OPN in ectopi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a new spherical particle of polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl acetate (PVA-PVAc) for uterine artery embolization in patients with myoma with surgical indication. METHODS twelve patients underwent uterine myoma embolization with PVA-PVAc particles. Three to nine months later, they were submitted to laparotomy with myomectomy. We analyzed the following parameters:...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Uterine myoma is a common indication for hysterectomy in India. An effective medical treatment option may reduce hysterectomy associated morbidity. This study was undertaken to evaluate efficacy and safety of low dose mifepristone in medical management of myoma and to compare two doses - 10 vs. 25 mg/day. METHODS In this randomized clinical trial, women with symptomati...

Violation of the extracellular matrix components synthesis regulation contributes to formation and growth uterine fbroids (MM). Changes collagen metabolism in connective tissue may be associated with polymorphism metalloproteinase (MMP) genes. Aim study was analyze association regulatory regions genes MMP2 (rs243865), MMP3 (rs3025058), MMP9 (rs3918242) development myoma, its histological form, ...