Myomectomy
Clinical Review
2018 Update on minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Which patients with uterine fibroids are good candidates for conventional laparoscopic versus robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy?
From the Journals
VTE risk after gynecologic surgery lower with laparoscopic procedures
Laparoscopic and vaginal gynecologic surgery are associated with a lower incidence of postoperative VTE, compared with laparotomy.
Surgical Techniques
Myomectomy of a large cervical fibroid in a patient desiring future fertility
A technique for myomectomy with uterine preservation in a 33-year-old woman with a 20-cm cervical fibroid, as well as a strategy for preoperative...
Surgical Techniques
Laparoscopic myomectomy: Tips for patient selection and technique
Some women who want fibroids removed but the uterus preserved are candidates for laparoscopic myomectomy. This article explains patient selection...
Surgical Techniques
Laparoscopic myomectomy technique
Surgical Techniques
Abdominal myomectomy: Patient and surgical technique considerations
Myomectomy is appropriate for many women with uterine fibroids whether or not they wish to preserve their childbearing potential. An expert...
Surgical Techniques
7 Myomectomy myths debunked
Hysterectomy is increasingly the first—and only—treatment option recommended for fibroids, but evidence shows that myomectomy is efficacious, safe...
Arnold Advincula's Surgical Techniques
Robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy
With contained extracorporeal C-incision tissue extraction of a myoma in a 39-year-old woman with heavy menstrual bleeding
News for Your Practice
Is the use of a containment bag at minimally invasive hysterectomy or myomectomy effective at reducing tissue spillage?
Small study from Brigham & Women’s Hospital looks hopeful
Expert Commentary
What is the risk that a patient will have an occult uterine cancer at myomectomy?
Stratified by age, a patient’s risk of an occult uterine cancer at myomectomy is 1 in 2,337 if she is younger than 40 years, 1 in 702 if she is 40...
Surgical Techniques
Hysteroscopic myomectomy using a mechanical approach
Compared with resectoscopy, the mechanical approach offers improved visualization and requires fewer insertions of the hysteroscope, shortening...