title: Removal of fibromyomas by laparoscopic surgery after preoperative GnRH analogue--an alternative to abdominal hysterectomy or myomectomy.
abstract: Nineteen patients with fibromyomas who had been recommended to have a hysterectomy or abdominal myomectomy were referred as they wished to avoid a hysterectomy (14) or laparotomy incision for a myomectomy (5). Following administration of the GnRH analogue goserelin, laparoscopic surgery was performed on all these patients. Hysterectomy was avoided in all but 1 of the 14 patients and laparotomy myomectomy was avoided in 4 of the 5 patients recommended to have these procedures. The combination of a GnRH analogue and laparoscopic-based surgery may be an acceptable alternative to both laparotomy myomectomy and hysterectomy in women with fibromyomas requiring surgery.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Gynoscopy, Victoria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D017273:Goserelin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D017273:Goserelin