This diagnosis, uterine fibroids, is today put women often enough. Unfortunately, it is far from always possible to manage with drugs or folk methods. Surgical removal of uterine fibroids is not considered a complex or rare operation, but there are a number of complications after such procedures.
When is surgery really necessary to remove uterine fibroids?
There are several indications for this procedure. These include profuse menstruation, after which the woman has anemia. The surgical method is used in those cases when the patient complains of severe pain in the lower abdomen or in the lumbar region. Sometimes it is necessary to remove a tumor even in cases when it does not create discomfort. For example, specialists remove myoma of the uterus, as it reaches a large size and begins to deform the uterus itself or presses on other organs.
How is the uterine myoma removed?
Consider how to remove myoma of the uterus in modern medicine.
- Removal of fibroids is a cavitary operation . This is a classic method that has been used by specialists for quite a long time. In this case, access to the tumor is carried out by cutting the anterior wall of the abdominal cavity. In this case, the doctor can remove large fibroids, make a quality seam. Disadvantages are high blood loss and general traumatism.
- Hysteroscopic method . Used to remove submucous fibroids. Through the vagina, the doctor removes the tumor with a hysteroscope.
- Laparoscopic method . Among methods of removal of uterine fibroids, this is the most painless for the patient. Through three small incisions in the abdominal cavity, the specialist removes the tumor with a laparoscope. There is also a favorable prognosis for further pregnancy and the possibility of successful gestation.
- Embolization of arteries . Alternatively, a specialist introduces a catheter with a special substance in the femoral artery. It blocks blood access to the node, as a result, the latter decreases in size or disappears altogether.
- Removal of myoma of the uterus with a laser . The bloodless and most effective method today. After removal of the hysteromyoma of the uterus with a laser, the woman does not have scars, for a couple of days it is restored, and in the future can safely plan pregnancy.
But this method does not work, if the focus is widespread. - Removal of myoma in caesarean section . The most dangerous method from the point of view of doctors. With such surgery to remove uterine fibroids, there is a high probability of formation of adhesions, high blood loss and the likelihood of recurrence.
Modern medicine allows you to accurately remove the tumor and at the same time preserve the reproductive organs of the patient. Before the appointment of an operation, the doctor completely conducts the diagnosis, assigns a series of tests and the results selects the method.