Myomectomy
Product Review
Product update: Neuromodulation device, cystoscopy simplified, hysteroscopy seal, next immunization frontier
NEW SACRAL NEUROMODULATION DEVICE
Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. announced the first implantation of its recently US Food...
News for Your Practice
Is elagolix effective at reducing HMB for women with varying fibroid sizes and types?
Yes, according to data from phase 3 trials
Whether or not women experience symptoms from uterine fibroid(s) can be...
Clinical Review
Fibroids: Patient considerations in medical and surgical management
Uterine fibroids can cause abnormal bleeding, pain, and infertility. ObGyns should be prepared to develop a treatment plan based...
Conference Coverage
Miscarriage after myomectomy depends on fibroid number, uterine incisions
LAS VEGAS – There was no statistically significant difference in miscarriages depending on the type of procedure.
News for Your Practice
Uterine tissue extraction: An update, with a look at tools and techniques
At the 2018 Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery Symposium meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tommaso Falcone, MD, Chief of Staff, Chief Academic...
Conference Coverage
Uterine volume, fibroid diameter predict robotic myomectomy duration
LAS VEGAS – There’s no more guesswork.
Conference Coverage
Don’t push women into preterm delivery after myomectomy
LAS VEGAS – The medical dogma appears to be wrong.
Conference Coverage
Antibiotics backed as standard of care for myomectomies
Women in the no-antibiotic group were 4.59 times more likely to have a surgical site infection.
Clinical Review
2018 Update on minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Which patients with uterine fibroids are good candidates for conventional laparoscopic versus robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy?
From the Journals
VTE risk after gynecologic surgery lower with laparoscopic procedures
Laparoscopic and vaginal gynecologic surgery are associated with a lower incidence of postoperative VTE, compared with laparotomy.
Surgical Techniques
Myomectomy of a large cervical fibroid in a patient desiring future fertility
A technique for myomectomy with uterine preservation in a 33-year-old woman with a 20-cm cervical fibroid, as well as a strategy for preoperative...