Myomectomy in Infertile Jamaican Women

Sengupta, Bijoy Sree; Wynter, H.; Matadial, L; Halfen, Abraham

doi:10.1002/j.1879-3479.1977.tb00718.x

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

1978

DOI: 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1977.tb00718.x

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Myomectomy in Infertile Jamaican Women

Bijoy Sree Sengupta

H. Wynter

L Matadial

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Abstract: One hundred nineteen Jamaican women who underwent myomectomy from 1964 to 1969 were followed up for 5 to 9 years. Infertility was the most common presenting complaint. Preoperative hysterosalpingograms were performed on 61 patients and were abnormal for the majority of these patients. Surgery revealed submucous fibroids in 41 patients and pelvic inflammatory disease in 51 patients. The pregnancy rate following myomectomy was 18.5%, but successful outcomes occurred in only 9.2% of the cases. Pregnancy was unsuc… Show more

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Uterine fibromyomata: Presentation and management in Northern Nigeria

Emembolu

1987

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

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A study of uterine fibromyomata at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria indicates that the condition occurs in 7.8% of new gynecology cases. Infertility 87.2%, menstrual disturbance 70.4%, in association with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease 43.4%, anemia 25.0% and hypertension 25.5% were the commonest presentations. Total abdominal hysterectomy was commonly performed due to the high rate of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. Post-operative morbidity was due to pyrexia in 28.6%, hemorrhage in 7.1% and wound infection in 6.6% of the series.

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Uterine fibromyomata: Presentation and management in Northern Nigeria

Emembolu

1987

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

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Are the anticipated benefits of myomectomy achieved in women of reproductive age? A 5-year review of the results at a UK tertiary hospital

Olufowobi

Sharif

Papaionnou

et al. 2004

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Fibroids are the most common benign tumours of the pelvis in women, with a prevalence estimated at 20-50%. They are more common towards the end of the reproductive years. There is a racial preponderance, being more common in black than white women. This may relate to the aetiology, which is still poorly understood. Generally, fibroids do not cause symptoms but some sufferers do complain about pressure symptoms, abnormal vaginal bleeding and infertility. For these reasons, myomectomy is often resorted to after failure of medical interventions on the premise that it brings about improvement/cure of symptoms and enhancement of fertility. However, the evidence for these indications for surgery is hazy. An analysis of the 109 medical records of symptomatic patients who had myomectomy over a 5-year period at a tertiary centre revealed the following. Single-symptom presentation in 41 (38%), menorrhagia in 20 (18%) being the most common. Only 52 (48%) patients had medical treatment of one form or another before myomectomy. Additional operative findings included pelvic adhesions, evidence of PID and endometriosis. Thirty-four (31%) had an estimated blood loss 500 ml and 23 of these patients needed blood transfusion. There were four cases of unscheduled hysterectomies due to uncontrollable bleeding. Pyrexia was the most common (38%) postoperative complication followed by superficial wound infection in 5%. We observed improvement of symptoms, assessed over a range of 2-24 months, in 34 cases (68%) in patients without fertility symptoms who accounted for 50 of these women. The symptomatic benefit was less (36%) in the 'infertility group'. Following an observation period of over 12-36 months, 17 patients in the 'infertility group' were lost to follow-up. Two (14%) of the 14 patients who attempted in vitro fertilisation (IVF) were successful. In the non-IVF group, 13 (46%) of the 28 achieved natural conception. These results suggest that symptomatic improvement and fertility enhancement may be possible in some patients with fibroids. In view of the risks and potential failure of treatment associated with myomectomy these results, yet again, support the fact that patients should be properly counselled before embarking on myomectomy and we strongly advocate local data to form the basis of the advice given during the consultation rather than what obtains in the literature.

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Myomectomy: A Reappraisal and Post‐Operative Reproductive Performance

Omu

Ehigiegba

1983

Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Su m marySeventy-two out of 108 patients that had myomectomy at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital from April 1973 t o March 1979 are reviewed. Myomectomy was a more favoured method of surgical treatment of uterine fibroid in the community than hysterectomy, (X2 = 13, P/Q.02). The commonest indications for myomectomy included infertility (69.4%), menorrhagia (58.3%) and dysmenorrhoea (56.94%). There was associated tuba1 blockage of 33.376, and 56.9% had pelvic adhesions at operation. Recurrent myoma was recorded in 13.9% of the patients. The gross pregnancy rate was 15.4%. Sixty percent of the patients were delivered by caesaren section.Key words: m y o m e c t o m y , a reappraisal, i n f e r t i l i t y a n d post-operative r e p r o d u c t i v e p e r f o r m a n c e

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Myomectomy in Infertile Jamaican Women

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Uterine fibromyomata: Presentation and management in Northern Nigeria

Uterine fibromyomata: Presentation and management in Northern Nigeria

Are the anticipated benefits of myomectomy achieved in women of reproductive age? A 5-year review of the results at a UK tertiary hospital

Myomectomy: A Reappraisal and Post‐Operative Reproductive Performance

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