Risk of Hysterectomy at Time of Myomectomy

Ain Shams University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibroid Uterus; Myomectomy; Hysterectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07365969

FMASU MS 778/2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

Uterine fibroids are the commonest tumor affecting the female reproductive tract and many instances they are asymptomatic but in some women there does appear to be an association with heavy menstrual blood loss and possibly subfertility. Classically, treatment has been surgical with hysterectomy the most common approach for women who have completed their fertility and myomectomy for those who wish to conceive. The surgery can be carried out laparoscopically, vaginally and abdominally. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk of hysterectomy at the time of myomectomy, and the associated 30-day postoperative morbidity.

Enrollment: 293 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women planned for abdominal myomectomy in the previous 4 years.
• Availability of complete medical records for pre-, intra- and post-operative data.

Exclusion criteria

• Missing or lacking information in the patients records like preoperative assessment of the fibroid uterus.
• Absence of operative notes and relevant data in the medical files.

Trial design

293 participants in 1 patient group

Patient who were planned for abdomoinal myomectomy

Description:

A retrospective study on women who were candidates for abdominal myomectomy in the previous 4 years