BACKGROUND Submucosal myomas are associated with infertility, and may be treated by hysteroscopic resection. Improvement of the menstrual pattern after surgery has been examined and compared with pregnancy rate in a group of menorrhagic women with primary (n = 24) and secondary (n = 35) infertility. METHODS The entire patient group (n = 59) was managed between January 1990 and September 1998....

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) can be associated with significant bleeding. AIM To identify factors influencing the postoperative hemoglobin (Hb) drop after LM. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a retrospective, single-center study. We evaluated data of 150 consecutive patients undergoing LM due to intramural myomas between 2010 and 2015. RESULTS The median age of the patients was 3...

Laparoscopic myomectomy has recently gained wide acceptance. However, this procedure remains technically highly demanding and concerns have been raised regarding the prolonged time of anesthesia, increased blood loss, and possibly a higher risk of postoperative adhesion formation. Laparoscopic-assisted myomectomy (LAM) is advocated as a technique that may lessen these concerns regarding laparos...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of fibroids on outcome of IVF and study value of myomectomy prior to IVF. Design: Prospective controlled study. Setting: Private IVF center, The Egyptian IVF ET Center, Maadi, Cairo. Materials and methods: One hundred and eighty four patients were included. Sixty three patients with intramural fibroids were counseled for either myomectomy or no treatment prior ...

Uterine leiomyomas are by far the most common benign uterine tumours present in almost 25 % women of reproductive age. However fibroids are an infrequent cause of infertility being the sole cause in less than 3 % of infertile couples [1]. Uterine fibroids especially submucous leiomyomas may be associated with infertility as well as with subfertilty and pregnancy losses. Some researchers have sp...

The indications and complications of laparoscopic myomectomy were evaluated with regard to its limitations, benefits and feasibility. Surgical technique with related difficulty was also reported. From a population of 89 patients, a total of 104 myomas were removed laparoscopically. A retrospective study was carried out of 54 patients with myomas >3 cm. Indications for surgery were pain or abnor...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to assess surgical complaints and reproductive outcomes of laparoscopic intracapsular myomectomies by a prospective observational study run in University affiliated hospitals. METHODS Between 2005 and 2010, 235 women underwent subserous and intramural laparoscopic myomectomy of fibroids (4-10 cm in diameter) for indications of pelvic pain, menstrual disorders, a large g...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of fibroids on fertility and of myomectomy in improving outcomes. DESIGN Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of existing controlled studies. SETTING Private center for Reproductive endocrinology and infertility. PATIENT(S) Women with fibroids and infertility. INTERVENTION(S) A systematic literature review, raw data extraction and data analy...

Fertility outcome following laparoscopic myomectomy was evaluated. A prospective clinical study was carried out between October 1990 and October 1993 in 21 infertile patients who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy for a myoma measuring > or = 5 cm in diameter. The overall rate of intrauterine pregnancy was 33.3% (seven patients). Out of 12 patients with infertility factors associated with uterin...