TITLE:
Benefits and Limitations of Laparoscopic Myomectomy
AUTHORS:
Silwal Bal Mukunda, Yang Shen, Shrestha Sugandha
KEYWORDS:
Laparoscopic Myomectomy, Recurrence, Uterine Rupture, Adhesion, Open Myomectomy, Uterine Fibroid
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
4,
2019
ABSTRACT: Uterine
fibroids (also called leiomyoma or myoma) are the most common benign tumor
among women of childbearing age. These are often discovered during bimanual
examinations and/or ultrasound examinations. Laparoscopic myomectomy offers
several benefits to patients such as less blood loss during operation, quick
postoperative recovery and shorter hospital stay in comparison to open
myomectomy. It has been widely used over the past decades as possible
alternative to the traditional laparotomy. In spite of several benefits
laparoscopic myomectomy has certain drawbacks such as prolonged time of
anesthesia, time consuming procedure, comparatively expensive and weak strength
of the uterine scar. Furthermore laparoscopic myomectomy is technically
challenging procedure so it requires high degree of training and skill to
perform it. Due to its several advantages, it should be taken into
consideration for the removal of uterine fibroids.