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Laparoscopic myomectomy represents the fertility-sparing gold standard approach for the management of subserosal and intramural uterine myomas: this technique allows faster recovery, less complications and improved surgical outcomes than laparotomy. Despite these validated cornerstones of minimally invasive gynecology, the best approach for specimen retrieval is still debated. Among these approaches, surgical specimen retrieval after laparoscopic myomectomy could be performed by mini-laparotomy, by power morcellation using morcellator inserted through one of the ancillary trocars, or by transvaginal extraction through an endobag inserted at level of the posterior vaginal fornix (between the utero-sacral ligaments). Unfortunately, mini-laparotomy has poor esthetic outcome and does not conform the current standards of minimally invasive surgery. In addition, on 24 November 24 2014 the Food and Drug Administration updated a Safety Communication about Power Morcellation, warning against the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in the majority of women undergoing myomectomy or hysterectomy for treatment of fibroids, due to the risk of spreading an unsuspected uterine sarcoma within the abdomen and pelvis. Considering this scenario, transvaginal extraction may represents a feasible approach for specimen retrieval. In this view, the current study aims to retrospectively compare surgical outcomes in women that underwent laparoscopic myomectomy with subsequent power morcellation (before the issuing of the abovementioned Safety Communication by the Food and Drug Administration) or transvaginal extraction (after the issuing of the abovementioned Safety Communication by the Food and Drug Administration) of the surgical specimens.


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NCT number NCT03570879
Study type Observational
Source Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Contact Antonio Simone Laganà, M.D.
Phone +393296279579
Email antoniosimone.lagana@asst-settelaghi.it
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
Start date May 1, 2022
Completion date May 1, 2024

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