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- Title
Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Adenomyomectomy for Patients Who Want to Preserve Fertility.
- Authors
Youn-Jee Chung; So-Yeon Kang; Mi-Rang Choi; Hyun-Hee Cho; Jang-Heub Kim; Mee-Ran Kim
- Abstract
An adenomyomectomy is a conservative-surgical option for preserving fertility. Conventional laparoscopic adenomyomectomies present difficulties in adenomyoma removal and suturing of the remaining myometrium. Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery could overcome the limitations of conventional laparoscopic surgery. Four patients with severe secondary dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain visited Seoul St. Mary's Hospital and were diagnosed with adenomyosis by pelvic ultrasonography and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The four patients were unmarried, nulliparous women, who desired a fertility-preserving treatment. We performed robot-assisted laparoscopic adenomyomectomies. The dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain of the patients nearly disappeared after surgery. No residual adenomyosis was observed on the follow-up pelvic MRI. A robot-assisted laparoscopic adenomyomectomy was feasible, and could be a minimally invasive surgical option for fertility-sparing treatment in patients with adenomyosis.
- Subjects
FERTILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.; SURGICAL robots; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM surgery; SUTURING
- Publication
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 6, p1531
- ISSN
0513-5796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3349/ymj.2016.57.6.1531