background: uterine rupture in pregnancy is rare and often could be life threatening and catastrophic. myomectomy is one of very common surgeries in gynecology, performed as the vaginal, abdominal and laparoscopic surgeries. pregnancies occured after abdominal and laparoscopic myomectomy are high risk for uterine rapture. case: patient was a 28 years old female, pregnant woman at the 20 wks of ...

OBJECTIVE To compare abdominal myomectomy with abdominal hysterectomy in women with big and symptomatic uterine fibroids. METHODS The hospital records at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were reviewed to identify women who underwent abdominal myomectomy or abdominal hysterectomy between 1989 and 1999. Inclusion criteria were the presence of symptoms and size...

BACKGROUND Uterine rupture in pregnancy is rare and often could be life threatening and catastrophic. Myomectomy is one of very common surgeries in gynecology, performed as the vaginal, abdominal and laparoscopic surgeries. Pregnancies occured after abdominal and laparoscopic myomectomy are high risk for uterine rapture. CASE Patient was a 28 Years old female, pregnant woman at the 20 wks of ...

Most women develop myomas during their lifetimes; however, 80% are asymptomatic. When symptoms are determined to be caused by myomas, a number of management options exist that include "watchful waiting," medical therapy, surgery, or more recently uterine artery embolization and focused ultrasound. Myomectomy, either abdominal or laparoscopic, is an approach particularly suited for those women w...

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess fertility outcome after abdominal myomectomy and to examine the influence of the number, size, and location of uterine fibroids pertaining to fertility outcome after the surgery. Study design: Retrospective clinical study. Patients and methods: Fertility outcome from 178 women who had abdominal myomectomy during 2000-2004 were analyzed. Data from w...

Purpose: To compare costs and reimbursements for three different treatments for uterine fibroids. Methods: Costs and reimbursements were collected and analyzed from the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital decision support database from 540 women who underwent abdominal hysterectomy (n = 299), abdominal myomectomy (n = 105), or uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) (n = 136) for uterine fibroids d...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of abdominal myomectomy on subsequent fertility. Medical records of 78 women having undergone myomectomy between 1980 and 2000 were retrospectively analyzed. A questionnaire was e-mailed to all women. The overall pregnancy rate in 66 patients that attempted pregnancy following myomectomy was 59.1%. The pre-myomectomy abortion rate of 35.4% ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the surgical outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy (robot-assisted), standard laparoscopic myomectomy (laparoscopic), and open myomectomy (abdominal). METHODS Myomectomy patients were identified from the case records of the Cleveland Clinic and stratified into three groups. Operative and immediate postoperative outcomes were compared. Data analysis was perfor...

BACKGROUND Plastic and reconstructive uterus operations are performed in congenital uterine anomalies or benign uterine conditions. Congenital uterine anomalies are relatively rare diseases with various approaches for surgical treatment. Therefore, to address the question of the usefulness of a minimally invasive approach in plastic uterus operations, the most common uterine condition which req...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy outcomes after laparoscopic myomectomy are generally favorable, with a pregnancy rate that is comparable to or even higher than the rate associated with abdominal myomectomy. The purpose of this article is to present the case of a pregnant patient at 10 weeks of gestation who was submitted to successful laparoscopic myomectomy of a twisted pedunculated uterine leiomyoma. ...