Surgical management of leiomyomata during pregnancy.
This report reviews an 8-year experience with surgical management of leiomyomata during pregnancy at Los Angeles County Women's Hospital. Fourteen patients had such surgery, for a rate of 1.1 operations per 10,000 births. Five women had exploratory laparotomy only, six had myomectomy, and three had hysterectomy; one patient aborted after surgery. Thirteen other women had incidental myomectomies at cesarean delivery; one of these had an intraoperative hemorrhage. No other complications occurred. Surgical management of leiomyomata during pregnancy is safe in carefully selected patients.
Burton
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Hospital, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Grimes
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March
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*