title: A comparison of combined laparoscopic uterine artery ligation and myomectomy versus laparoscopic myomectomy in treatment of symptomatic myoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of uterine artery ligation before laparoscopic myomectomy compared with myomectomy alone.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective controlled, clinical trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Private and Shiraz University-affiliated hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of 152 women with symptomatic uterine myomas necessitating surgical intervention who wished to retain their uteri, 65 underwent laparoscopic uterine artery ligation and myomectomy (experimental group) and 87 received laparoscopic myomectomy only (control group).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ligation of the uterine arteries before laparoscopic myomectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Operating time, blood loss, blood transfusion, febrile morbidity, symptoms improvement, recurrence rate, and pregnancy rate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average operating time and blood loss were 112 +/- 18 minutes and 173 +/- 91 mL for the experimental group and 95 +/- 14 minutes and 402 +/- 131 mL for the control group, respectively (statistically significant). A total of 15 (17.2%) of the control group patients required a blood transfusion, but none of the experimental group patients required one. Febrile morbidity occurred in 18.5% of the experimental group and 20.7% of the control group. In the experimental group, the recurrence of myoma was 6.2%, and 98.1% of the patients reported symptoms improvement; however, in the control group, these figures were 20.75% and 83.1%, respectively (statistically significant). The pregnancy rates were not statistically significantly different in the experimental group (35%) and the control group (35.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated the superiority of laparoscopic uterine artery ligation combined with myomectomy in treatment of symptomatic myomas.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infertility and Gynecologic Endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. alborzis@sums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alborzi
authors.forename: Elmira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghannadan
authors.forename: Soroosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alborzi
authors.forename: Mehrnoosh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alborzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult