What Is Laparoscopic Myomectomy?
Some fibroids can be removed Laparoscopically. Laparoscopic Myomectomy is performed with Minimally-Invasive techniques, using a scope to see inside the abdomen.
The abdomen is first inflated with carbon dioxide gas to create space for operating. Four or five small (1/4 - 1/2 inch) incisions are made in the navel and lower abdomen to allow insertion of both the laparoscope and long, narrow instruments through tubes called “ports”.
Using the laparoscope to see, the fibroid is shelled out of the Uterus, and the uterine incision is repaired.
Laparoscopic surgical repair of incisions made in the Uterus to remove the fibroids heal just as well as similar incisions performed through open laparotomy surgery.
Laparoscopic Myomectomy usually requires one night of hospitalization. Recovery time is approximately 2-3 weeks.