Management of Cesarean Myomectomy in a Patient with Multiple Fibroids and an Obstructing Lower Uterine Segment Fibroid
Author(s) -
Madhubala Manickavasagam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics gynecology and cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2645-3843
pISSN - 2476-5848
DOI - 10.30699/jogcr.5.2.57
Subject(s) - medicine , uterine fibroids , leiomyoma , gynecology , surgery
Leiomyomas (Uterine Myoma) are tumors found in the uterine smooth muscles, and they are benign in nature. It occurs irrespective of parity status; it is present in non-gravid and gravid uteri. The incidence varies from 217 to 3745 women in 1 women, and the prevalence varies from 4.5 to 68.6 percent (1). The prevalence of uterine fibroid in pregnant women was 0.5-15 percent (2). Incidence of uterine myoma occupying lower segment and its presence & involvement in the breech presentation of pregnancy were indeterminate.
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