title: Evaluation of factors contributing to uterine scar formation after laparoscopic myomectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate factors contributing to uterine scar formation after laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) and to estimate whether uterine scarring indicated risk of uterine rupture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 692 patients who underwent second-look laparoscopy (SLL) after LM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Video-tape recording during SLL to evaluate the conditions of uterine suture wound healing, with univariate and logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Correlation between scar formation and operative findings at LM. Factors influencing scar formation in 305 patients with an enucleated solitary myoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SLL revealed that 628 patients (90.8%) had a normal uterus and 64 patients (9.2%) had a scarred uterus. Deformation of the endometrium found by preoperative imaging and complete myometrial penetration during LM had a positive correlation and the number of enucleated myomas a negative correlation with scar formation. Significant factors associated with scar formation were complete myometrial penetration (odds ratio, 2.53; 95% confidence interval, 1.30-4.93; p = 0.006) and enucleation of a subserosal myoma (odds ratio, 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.08-0.70; p = 0.009). Of the 98 patients who delivered, none suffered a uterine rupture regardless of the presence of a uterine scar.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uterine scar formation after LM correlated with the degree of myometrial penetration. However, the presence of a uterine scar did not appear to influence the delivery outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kumakiri@juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumakiri
authors.forename: Iwaho
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitade
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumakiri
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokita
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016015:Logistic Models; D009215:Myometrium / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D024162:Second-Look Surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing