Single-port laparoscopic myomectomy using transumbilical GelPort access.
OBJECTIVE
To describe our initial experience with single-port laparoscopic myomectomy (SP-LM) using transumbilical GelPort access and the surgical technique used, and to evaluate the safety and feasibility of this procedure.


METHODS
A prospective observational study was performed at a university teaching hospital from January 2009 to December 2009. Fifteen patients with symptomatic subserosal or superficial intramural myomas (≤ 8 cm) underwent SP-LM.


RESULTS
The mean age and body mass index were 35.0 ± 8.6 years and 22.6 ± 2.6 kg/m². Two patients had a history of previous abdominal surgery, consisting of one and two cesarean deliveries. The mean operating time, hemoglobin change, return of bowel activity, and length of hospital stay were 81 ± 21.5 min, 1.1 ± 0.5 g/dL, 34.3 ± 5.9 h, and 3.1 ± 0.5 days, respectively. In one patient (6.7%), SP-LM was converted to two-port LM. There were no surgical or wound complications in any patient, and the histopathological result was leiomyoma in all the cases.


CONCLUSIONS
SP-LM is feasible in selected patients with symptomatic myoma.
Lee
Jung Hun
JH
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Choi
Joong Sub
JS
Jeon
Seung Wook
SW
Son
Chang Eop
CE
Lee
Se Jin
SJ
Lee
Yong Seung
YS
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007902:Length of Stay; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*