Right incision can limit blood loss during myomectomy
A fibroid pseudocapsule is a fibrovascular network that supplies blood to a uterine myoma. During a laparosopic myomectomy, surgeons can potentially limit blood loss by dissecting beneath the pseudocapsule and excising the myoma from it.
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See how Cleveland Clinic gynecologic surgeons do it in this intraoperative video of myomectomies in two patients.
Physicians from Cleveland Clinic’s Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health Institute will present on this topic at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2017 Congress & Expo in San Antonio, Texas.
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