Fibroids; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Myoma; Uterine artery embolization; Obstetrics and Gynecology
Abstract :
[en] [en] OBJECTIVES: This study compared patients who underwent myomectomy with preoperative uterine artery embolization (UAE) to those who underwent surgery without UAE. The primary objective was to analyze whether preoperative embolization reduces perioperative blood loss and other related complications. The secondary objective was to analyze the long-term outcomes of the 2 techniques in terms of fertility and obstetrical complications.
DESIGN: Observational cohort retrospective study approved by the Brugmann University Hospital's ethics committee (CE2023/79).
SETTING: The department of gynecology database was used to extract all myomectomy cases between January 2011 and December 2021. Hysteroscopic myomectomies were excluded.
PATIENTS: 192 patients were included.
INTERVENTIONS: The population was divided according to the presence or absence of preoperative UAE. The UAE and myomectomy group comprised 95 cases between 2011 and 2020, while the myomectomy-only group consisted of 97 cases between 2014 and 2021.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Blood loss was significantly lower when preoperative UAE was performed (175.9 [308.5] mL versus 623.3 [697.5] mL, p-value <.0001). However, there was no significant difference in postoperative haemoglobin, blood transfusion rate or emergent hysterectomy conversions compared to myomectomy as the only treatment. UAE was associated with complications that may result in infertility, such as adhesions (15.3% UAE group vs. 2.2% non-UAE group, p-value .02) and an increased incidence of miscarriage in pregnancies (53.5% UAE group vs. 22.3% non-UAE group, p-value = .01). Furthermore, in cases where a pregnancy did progress following UAE, later obstetrical complications such as abnormal placentation or uterine rupture were common in the series (21.7% UAE group vs. 0% non-UAE group, p-value = .03).
CONCLUSION: The findings of our study indicate that, other than a lower estimated blood loss (EBL), preoperative UAE does not appear to improve the outcome of myomectomies, while potentially increasing the risk of fertility and pregnancy related complications.
Disciplines :
Reproductive medicine (gynecology, andrology, obstetrics)
Author, co-author :
Bula Ibula, Diane; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Diane Bula Ibula), Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte, Mayotte, France
Balestra, Ambre ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ambre Balestra, Panayiotis Tanos and Stavros Karampelas), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: balestra.ambre@gmail.com
Tanos, Panayiotis ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ambre Balestra, Panayiotis Tanos and Stavros Karampelas), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium
Nisolle, Michelle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Gynécologie-obstétrique, partim Gynécologie ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Michelle Nisolle), Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle, Liege, Belgium
Karampelas, Stavros; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ambre Balestra, Panayiotis Tanos and Stavros Karampelas), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Uterine Artery Embolization before Myomectomy: Is It Worth the Trouble?
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