Risk factors based on myoma characteristics for predicting postoperative complications following cesarean myomectomy

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the influence of myoma characteristics on cesarean myomectomy and to demonstrate its additional advantages.

Methods

Retrospective data were collected from 292 women with myomas who had undergone cesarean section at Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital between 2007 and 2019. We performed subgroup analysis according to the type, weight, number, and size of myomas. Preoperative and postoperative hemoglobin levels, operative time, estimated blood loss, length of hospital stay, incidence of transfusion, uterine artery embolization, ligation, hysterectomy, and postoperative complications were compared among subgroups.

Results

There were 119 patients who had cesarean myomectomy and 173 who had cesarean section only. An increase in postoperative hospitali

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997914 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature