Abstract
Reproductive performance was evaluated after conservative surgery for uterine adenomyoma in a prospective, observational study. Twenty-eight women with histologically proven adenomyomas had conservative surgery in the period 1985-1990. Eighteen patients wanting children were regularly followed for a mean ± SD period of 53.2 ± 23.5 months. Crude and cumulative pregnancy rates were calculated after the operation. Thirteen (72.2%) women conceived, for a total of 18 pregnancies: nine (50%) ended in term deliveries, seven (38.8%) in spontaneous abortions, one (5.6%) in ectopic pregnancy and one (5.6%) in a pre-term delivery with neonatal death. The cumulative pregnancy rate at 36 months of follow-up was 74.7%. This analysis of a small series indicates that conservative surgery for adenomyomas is associated with a good reproductive prognosis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1708-1710 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Human Reproduction |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
Keywords
- Adenomyoma
- Conservative surgery
- Fertility
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental Biology
- Physiology
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Physiology (medical)
- Rehabilitation
- Reproductive Medicine