Ahmed Abdel Aziz
Michigan State University, USA
Title: A large broad ligament uterine fibroid: Successful myomectomy with robotic assisted laparoscopic myomectomy
Biography
Biography: Ahmed Abdel Aziz
Abstract
Uterine leiomyomata, or myomas, are one of the most common benign tumors of the reproductive tract, affecting more than 70% of women in their lifetime. Definitive surgical treatment of myoma is hysterectomy while myomectomy is the treatment for those women who have symptomatic myomas and desire uterine or fertility preservation. Leiomyomas can arise from any tissue including the broad ligament, the incidence of broad-ligament leiomyoma is <1%. Myomectomy of large broad ligament fibroid presents certain challenges due to anatomical distortion, leading to higher incidence of ureteric injury and excessive bleeding. Still most of the myomectomies are done abdominally, this is due to the complexity and the necessity of extensive suturing for the desired multi- layered uterine closure, which is technically hard to do laparoscopically. The introduction of robotic surgery has allowed more surgeons to perform complex laparoscopic procedures