Pregnancy outcomes and deliveries following laparoscopic transsection of uterine vessels: A pilot study

Pregnancy outcomes after uterine artery occlusion: prospective multicentric study

“…To date, there have not been significant data about pregnancy outcomes after surgical occlusion or embolization of the uterine artery. A systematic search of the biomedicine database MEDLINE from 2000 to 2005, using terms such as fibroid, pregnancy, and uterine artery, identified only a limited number of clinical studies (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10), with the exception of case reports. Only one pilot study of the available literature contains data prospectively comparing pregnancy results between uterine artery embolization (UAE) and laparoscopic uterine artery occlusion (LUAO) (11).…”

Clinical experience and fertility outcome after uterine artery occlusion and embolization

“…The ischaemic margins of the fibroid bed are white, after previous uterine artery occlusion Fig. 3 The grasped umbilical ligament is shown on the left side, and medially, the grasped uterine artery and pressed ureter Holub et al [38] reported more hopeful pregnancy and delivery outcomes of a small group of ten women following LUAO. Recently, the same authors compared the pregnancy results in women with symptomatic fibroids who had been treated by laparoscopic uterine artery occlusion with the results in women who had been treated by uterine artery embolization [39].…”

“…A systematic search of the biomedicine database MEDLINE from 1976 to 2006, using terms such as pregnancy, occlusion, coagulation and/or dissection uterine vessels and fibroid only, identified case reports, pilot study or cohort study from a few institutions [35][36][37][38], The first case of a successful pregnancy following classic bilateral uterine artery ligation was reported by Mitchell et al [35]. Chen et al [36] described one pregnancy with the delivery of a normal foetus following LBCUV and proposed that the procedure might not affect subsequent reproductive function.…”

Myomectomy in pregnancy: feasibility and safety

“…Many researchers have studied the feasibility of myomectomy during caesarean section either by developing new techniques for myomectomy or by devascularisation technique to reduce blood loss to prevent hysterectomy and eliminate multiple surgeries. 13 Incebiyik et al in their study of 16 cases of caesarean myomectomy found it was a safe surgical procedure regardless of size and site of fibroid with no increase in intraoperative and postoperative complications. 14 Apurvashri et al reported removal of twelve fibroids varying in size of 5-13 cms in six pregnant women and found no significant difference in intraoperative, postoperative complications and in length of hospital stay and with good maternal and perinatal outcome.…”