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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Rate of Leiomyosarcomas during Surgery for Uterine Fibroids: 8-Year Experience of a Single Center.

Dimitrios Zouzoulas, Dimitrios Tsolakidis, Olga I Pavlidi, Panagiotis D Pappas, Theodoros Theodoridis, George Pados, Stavroula Pervana, Elsa Pazarli, Grigoris Grimbizis

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dimitrios Zouzoulas1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios Tsolakidis1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Olga I Pavlidi1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Panagiotis D Pappas1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Theodoros Theodoridis1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
George Pados1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stavroula PervanaAnatomical Pathology Laboratory, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Elsa PazarliAnatomical Pathology Laboratory, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Grigoris Grimbizis1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Papageorgiou General Hospital · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of occult malignant mesenchymal tumors in patients operated on for uterine fibroids in relation to the surgical approach and type of operation. A retrospective review of all patients that underwent surgery for uterine fibroids (January 2011-December 2018) at the 1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at "Papageorgiou" Hospital. The surgical approach and clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed. A total of 803 patients were operated on: 603 (75.1%) with laparotomy, 187 (23.3%) laparoscopically, and 13 (1.6%) vaginally. Furthermore, 423 (52.7%) patients underwent hysterectomy and 380 (47.3%) myomectomies. Laparoscopy and myomectomy were offered to younger patients with fewer smaller uterine fibroids and were associated with statistically significant shorter hospitalization. The pathological reports revealed: 690 (86%) benign leiomyomas, 32 (4%) cellular leiomyomas, 29 (3.6%) degenerated leiomyomas, 22 (2.7%) adenomyomas, 18 (2.2%) atypical-bizarre leiomyomas, 1 (0.1%) STUMP, 5 (0.65%) endometrial stromal sarcomas, and 6 (0.75%) cases of leiomyosarcomas (LMS). All LMS were preoperatively characterized as suspicious and underwent abdominal hysterectomy. Morcellation was offered in two cases of atypical leiomyomas, with no morcellation-associated complication. Laparoscopy as a valuable surgical approach for young patients with fewer in number and smaller in size fibroids is associated with shorter hospitalization. The risk of unintended morcellation of LMS seems to be very low and can be reduced with careful preoperative work-up but not eliminated.

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fibroidleiomyosarcomamorcellation

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