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. 1999 May;6(2):155-8.
doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(99)80094-2.

Fertility after hysteroscopic resection of submucous myomas

K Giatras  1 , A S Berkeley, N Noyes, F Licciardi, D Lolis, J A Grifo
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Fertility after hysteroscopic resection of submucous myomas

K Giatras et al. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1999 May.

Abstract

Study objective: To analyze fertility outcomes after resection of submucous myomas by operative hysteroscopy in infertile women.

Design: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Academic tertiary referral center.

Patients: Forty-one women (age 28-42 yrs) old with primary and secondary infertility, and histologically proved submucous myomas. Intervention. Hysteroscopic myomectomy performed with a rigid resectoscope.

Measurements and main results: Of the 41 patients, 25 (60.9%) became pregnant overall and 20 (48.7%) delivered at term. Seventeen patients delivered a single fetus. Five delivered twins, three at term and two at 33 and 35 weeks. One woman delivered triplets at 31 weeks. The total delivery rate was 56.0%. Two women miscarried, at 6 and 8 weeks. One patient developed postoperative Asherman's syndrome.

Conclusion: Our results indicate that hysteroscopic myomectomy improves fertility in previously infertile women. Resection is a viable alternative to abdominal myomectomy for submucous myomas. (J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 6(2):155-158, 1999)

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