Factors Affecting Fertility Following Laparoscopic Myomectomy
Autor: | Yukihiro Terada, Hiroshi Nabeshima, Hiroki Uthunomiya, Takashi Murakami, Shinichi Hayasaka, Nobuo Yaegashi, Tomohisa Ugajin, Hiromithu Yuki, Osamu Fujii, Maiko Arai, Rei Yokomizo |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
Pregnancy
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Significant difference Obstetrics and Gynecology Myoma Fertility Mean age Laparoscopic myomectomy medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Mann–Whitney U test Uterine cavity business media_common |
Zdroj: | Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. 27:199-201 |
ISSN: | 1557-7724 1042-4067 |
DOI: | 10.1089/gyn.2010.0024 |
Popis: | Objective: This study was performed to assess the factors affecting fertility following laparoscopic myomectomy (LM). Design: A retrospective review of 36 women who underwent LM between January 2003 and September 2008 was performed. Materials and Methods: Between patients who were able to become pregnant after LM and patients who were unable to do so, comparisions were made of age of the patients, gonadotrophin hormone-releasing analogues pretreatment, number and diameter of resected myomas, type of the largest resected myoma, operation time, amount of hemorrhage, and reaching the uterine cavity during the surgery. A Mann–Whitney U test or χ2 test was used to investigate differences between the two groups. Results: Of 36 women, 14 achieved postoperative pregnancy. Between the group of 14 patients who were able to become pregnant and the group of 22 patients who were unable to do so, there was significant difference in the mean age of the patients (mean±standard deviation, 31.9±4.0 vs. 35.6±3.4, p... |
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