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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr;13(2):200-204.
doi: 10.1111/ases.12728. Epub 2019 Jul 7.

Effectiveness of laparoscopic ultrasonography in laparoscopic myomectomy

Mamoru Shigeta  1 , Yasushi Kotani  1 , Risa Fujishima  1 , Yoshie Yo  1 , Kosuke Murakami  1 , Hisamitsu Takaya  1 , Hidekatsu Nakai  1 , Ayako Suzuki  1 , Isao Tsuji  1 , Noriomi Matsumura  1
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Effectiveness of laparoscopic ultrasonography in laparoscopic myomectomy

Mamoru Shigeta et al. Asian J Endosc Surg. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Introduction: Laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) has become increasingly common in recent years because it minimizes invasiveness. However, myoma can recur after myomectomy. Therefore, we began using laparoscopic ultrasonography, which involves inserting a probe into the peritoneal cavity via a trocar and placing it in direct contact with the uterus. During surgery, this enables the detection of myomas as a small as 1 mm in diameter, which are often undetectable on MRI. Here, we report the effectiveness of laparoscopic ultrasonography.

Methods: The subjects were 26 women who underwent LM at our institution from February 2015 to December 2016. Preoperative MRI was performed, and all myomas detected on MRI were removed during LM. Laparoscopic ultrasonography was then performed to assess for residual myomas, which were removed.

Results: In six patients (23%), residual myomas were identified on laparoscopic ultrasonography after the first enucleation of the myomas detected on preoperative MRI. All detected residual myomas, the largest of which was less than 10 mm in diameter, were removed.

Conclusion: Small myomas undetectable on preoperative MRI were detected on laparoscopic ultrasonography and removed.

Keywords: laparoscopic myomectomy; laparoscopy ultrasonography; uterine myoma.

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