title: [Tissue effect of Greenlight(®) laser on uterine fibroids].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the efficacy and the safety parameters for Greenlight(®) laser to vaporise myoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 6 utero after hysterectomies for myoma and used the Greenlight(®) laser with different level of power and duration on myoma and normal myometer. We compared the tissue effect with the monopolar and bipolar resection. We studied the tissue effect by histological exam.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Greenlight(®) laser is able to vaporize myoma with a low side effect on normal myometer of 85μm (199μm with bipolar and 254μm with monopolar).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The laser Greenlight(®) is efficient to vaporize myoma in vitro and presents some safety parameter. This study could lead to a clinical prospective study to demonstrate its ability to treat symptomatic myoma.
authors.affiliation: AGYL, 86, avenue des Vosges, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: D-hamid@live.fr.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.affiliation: Cabinet d'anatomo-pathologie, 19, rue de la Haye, 67300 Schiltigheim, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Casnedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D058958:Organs at Risk / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D055471:Thermal Diffusion; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Fibrome; Greenlight(®); Laser; Myoma; Vaporisation