Abdominal myomectomy for otherwise unexplained infertility.
Twenty-three patients with otherwise unexplained infertility underwent abdominal myomectomy for the removal of subserous or intramural myomata. None were submucosal in location. Fifteen of these patients (65.2%) conceived. There were 18 term births in 13 patients. All but 1 patient conceived within the first year. The age of the patient, duration of infertility, size and number of the fibroids, hysterosalpingography, or presence of menorrhagia did not necessarily predict success.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*