Potential indications of cesarean myomectomy.
Abstract
Additional surgical interventions apart from emergencies during cesarean section are not recommended in the textbooks; thus, surgical procedures like myomectomy as an adjunct to cesarean section remains a hot topic of discussion. There are many publications supporting serosal myomectomy during cesarean section, but studies published so far are poor in quality of evidence. To clarify the efficacy and safety of cesarean myomectomy, large-scale randomized controlled studies and studies explaining the mid-term and long-term outcomes of the cesarean myomectomy are required. Traditionally, cesarean myomectomy is performed from the uterine serosa as in the usual abdominal myomectomy. Although the surgical technique is the same as intracapsular myomectomy, a novel cesarean myomectomy technique, endometrial myomectomy, introduced into the obstetrics practice for minimizing the risk of adhesion formation and diminishing the blood loss during surgery. Further, strong studies are needed to overcome the controversy on cesarean myomectomy.
Keywords
- endometrial myomectomy
- cesarean section
- serosal myomectomy
- complications
1. Introduction
Among the benign uterine diseases, leiomyoma of the uterus seems to be the most common pathology. Though the endometrium is accepted as a dynamic tissue and myometrium is accepted as a silent muscular tissue, the reality is not that and it was understood from the studies that both endometrial processes and myometrial processes play a role in abnormal uterine bleeding.
Uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids, are smooth muscle-derived benign masses ranging from millimeters to many centimeters. The investigation of pathological specimens of the uterus revealed that almost 80% of African Americans women and 70% of Caucasian women have detectable leiomyomas [1, 2]. The well-known risk factors for leiomyoma do not explain why racial difference is this much but genetic polymorphisms including increased aromatase activity and signal transducing genes showed that more severe phenotypic pattern may be seen in African Americans [3, 4].
Inadequacy of medical treatment and lack of understanding of molecular physiology and pathophysiological processes make the surgical treatment as the main therapeutic option for leiomyomas [5].
Leiomyomas of the uterus are highly vascular benign tumors, and their volume may increase 9% in 6-month period. Growth rate of the myomas decreases after the age of 35 among Caucasian women and almost all myomas carried to menopausal period without any symptoms shrink in size together with the shrinkage of the uterus [6].
There are only limited options for the treatment of leiomyomas of the uterus, and most of the time leiomyomas are asymptomatic and no treatment is necessary. For asymptomatic patients, menopause itself is a cure factor [7].
There are numerous medical treatment options for the treatment of leiomyoma of the uterus like OCPs, progestins, NSAIDs, androgenic compounds, antifibrinolytics and progestin-loaded IUDs for symptom relief, and they are likely effective in at least a group of patients [8].
Other treatment options related to the use of GnRH agonists, GnRH antagonists and estrogen and progestin add back regimens may decrease the volume of the leiomyomas but after the cessation of medical treatment, leiomyomas resume their volume within 6 months of time [9, 10, 11].
Surgical therapy remains the definitive treatment option in symptomatic leiomyomas. Hysterectomy for the patients with no fertility problem increases the quality of the life of leiomyoma patients. Hysterectomy can be done by open surgery, laparoscopy or robotic-assisted surgery. Supracervical or subtotal hysterectomy is a controversial issue [12, 13, 14]. Abdominal myomectomy is the first surgical option for those who refuse to lose their uterus and who want to preserve their fertility for childbearing. Myomectomy can be done by open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and robotic-assisted surgery [15, 16]. For those who have submucous myomas, hysteroscopic resection is the gold standard treatment choice.
2. Cesarean myomectomy
One of the most controversial issues of obstetrics and gynecology is the presence of known or incidental leiomyomas during pregnancy and how to manage patients with myomas together with pregnancy. A total of 10–30% of the pregnancies develop some complications related to leiomyomas [17].
Cesarean section is the most commonly performed procedure globally [18]. Due to more advanced age, pregnancies are more prevalent in developed countries, naturally encountering leiomyoma during cesarean section getting more prevalent as well. The prevalence of the leiomyomas during pregnancy varies from 0.37–12% in the current literature [19, 20, 21].
Performing myomectomy during cesarean section is a controversial topic. The main concern is the potential risk of severe bleeding and increased morbidity when it is performed during cesarean section [22]. However, accumulating number of publications to support cesarean myomectomy in recent years is merging.
Potential indications of cesarean myomectomy are listed in Table 1.
Contraindications of cesarean myomectomy are listed in Table 2.
In contrary to common belief, Tinelli et al. presented that serosal myomectomy has a minuscule impact on blood loss in the light of no difference in blood product transfusion rates when it performed during cesarean section [23]. Ramesh et al. investigated 21 cases of cesarean myomectomy retrospectively and concluded that myomectomy during cesarean section is not associated with intraoperative and postoperative complications [24]. Leiomyomas located at the cornual region were not removed in their study. Mangala et al. compared the blood loss in single fibroid in abdominal and cesarean myomectomy cases and concluded that there is no significant difference between the groups, and it is safe to remove the single leiomyoma during cesarean section [25]. Machado et al. studied eight cases in Oman for the safety of cesarean myomectomy and concluded that in selected patients, cesarean myomectomy is safe and efficient in the hands of experienced surgeons and in the tertiary healthcare facilities [26]. Kwon et al. investigated 165 pregnant women having myomas, and they evaluated the patients whose myomas are over 5 cm in size and concluded that the size of the myoma has no greater impact on the increased rates of complications [27]. Sparic et al. assessed 350 papers on cesarean myomectomy and 38 studies found to be eligible for their evaluation for review of cesarean myomectomy in modern obstetrics. The major risk is intraoperative bleeding ranging from 0 to 35.3%. A potential late complication is the scar quality after the surgery. This may increase the risk of uterine rupture during the next pregnancy, but the literature lacks studies related to scar quality. However, Sparic et al. noted the advantages of cesarean myomectomy as smaller incision on the serosal surface, easy to perform during cesarean section, effortless suture placement and two operations in one. Another important advantage of cesarean myomectomy is the improved quality of life in affected women. However, they concluded that the risk benefit of cesarean myomectomy should be re-evaluated and further research is necessary [28]. Song et al. reviewed myomectomy during cesarean section through the database search and among 2500 studies they found nine studies eligible for their review and concluded that cesarean myomectomy may be a reasonable option in some leiomyoma patients but data driven from the meta-analysis were low quality, and definitive conclusion on this issue cannot be drawn [29].
Synchronous uterine contractions are mandatory for a healthy delivery. The uterus has no triggering mechanism as pacemaker in the heart, instead, uterine muscles have self- oscillators triggered by the changing membrane potentials happening in the pregnancy period and their contractility increases toward the end of the gestation [31]. Myocyte contractility also increased by the facilitation of prostaglandins and myocyte to myocyte connectivity and activated intracellular contractile mechanism, which eventually increase the intrauterine pressure that effaces and dilates the cervix for the babies to be delivered. Any leiomyoma or other uterine pathologies may have negative effect on the uterine contractility and also any surgical procedure related to the uterine musculature might have negative impact on the uterine contractility and may increase the risk of uterine rupture during delivery. Decreasing the myocyte damage during myomectomy should be taken into consideration during any myomectomy cases.
Uterine pathologies including the leiomyoma have negative impact on the implantation and placentation [32]. Submucosal and intramural myomas deforming the endometrial surface reduce the implantation rates and increase the risk of abortion and mallocated placentation. The intramural leiomyoma not affecting the endometrial cavity is still a question. Number, size and locations of the myomas determine their impact. Small leiomyoma without endometrial impact has no adverse effects [33]. Leiomyoma classified according to new myoma classification from type 0 (submucous myoma) to type 8 (Parasitic myomas) [34]. In this study, the leiomyomas were in the range of type 2 and type 5.
The human uterus may increase in volume and weight, 1000 times and 20 times respectively throughout pregnancy [35, 36]. However, myomas can only grow one in fourth size during pregnancy. Thus, myomectomy during cesarean section produces less tissue damage compared to removal of a symptomatic myoma in normal sized uterus. Serosal scarring and myocyte damage during myomectomy in nonpregnant uterus is more than that of cesarean myomectomy especially endometrial myomectomy. After all cumulated publications about the safety of cesarean myomectomies, severe bleeding and possibility of cesarean hysterectomy still remain controversial issue though these two complications are no common. Conforti et al. described techniques for reducing hemorrhagic blood loss in their study published in
Literature search for cesarean myomectomies revealed many publications supporting the cesarean myomectomy. In the retrospective study conducted by Topcu et al., 76 cesarean myomectomy cases were compared with 60 cesarean only cases for blood loss, operation time, the need for transfusion and hospital stay and concluded that size of the myoma is not important and removal of corporal and subserous myomas is safe and feasible in some patients [36]. In a large group of cases in a university hospital setting, Li et al. investigated the efficacy of cesarean myomectomy of 1242 cases by comparing three groups of cases where 200 cases without myoma (group A), 145 cases with myoma but without myomectomy (group B) and 51 cases with myoma during pregnancy resulted in cesarean hysterectomy (group C), and they concluded that myomectomy during cesarean section is a safe and effective surgical method [37]. Sparic et al. analyzed the decision 289 making in cesarean myomectomy and concluded that surgical skills, age of the patient and type of the myomas are the most important predictors of cesarean myomectomy [38].
Cesarean myomectomy has been consistently applied in our setting for 17 years. Beginning from 2013, endometrial myomectomy has been started and selected as the cesarean myomectomy of choice instead of classical serosal approach because in serosal myomectomy, the bleeding, operative time, myometrial damage and adhesion formation possibilities are higher as compared to endometrial myomectomy [30]. The rate of suturing the endometrium during surgery is very low and uterine involution itself shrinks the surgical site to a lesser size. The surgery raises the question whether the endometrial myomectomy increases the likelihood of intrauterine adhesions or Asherman syndrome. We performed ultrasound evaluation at seventh day postoperation and evaluated the myometrial defect and found totally normal appearance in 22 cases. Also we called all patients 40 days after the surgery for saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) and SIS outcomes revealed that no single case experienced intrauterine adhesions at any level. SIS has been neglected for long time in infertility, but actually SIS is a simple and important investigation for intrauterine pathologies. Intrauterine adhesions can be verified by simple SIS as an adjunct to other diagnostic tools [39]. CS myomectomy from endometrial approach decreases loss of blood, total operation time and adhesion formation compared to classical cesarean myomectomy.
Hospital stay is no longer than classical myomectomies. Uterine serosa remains intact.
Endometrial myomectomy uses the principles of hysteroscopic myomectomy and supported by the physiological mechanism of uterine involution to decrease the blood loss and suturing during surgery. In this surgical method, unintentional opening of uterine serosa is accepted as complication because the main goal of this surgery is to remove all myomas from the endometrial layer without touching the serosal layer for preserving the uterus from dense adhesions and ease the future surgeries of the patient. All myomas located in anterior or posterior region and even the ones located close to cornual area can be safely removed by this surgical technique.
In the following section, we describe the techniques of serosal myomectomy and endometrial myomectomy in detail.
2.1. Techniques of cesaraen myomectomy
There are two approaches for removing the leiomyomas during cesarean section; one is the well-known serosal myomectomy and second is the novel technique recently published endometrial myomectomy. Both techniques use the same principle of intracapsular myoma removal, but the only difference is the route of myoma removal. Removing myomas by endometrial route have some advantages over the serosal myomectomy and both techniques are explained in the following section in detail.
2.2. Technique of serosal myomectomy
Serosal myomectomy is the removal of the leiomyomas as in abdominal or laparoscopic myomectomy where incisions were made on the surface of the uterus. The only difference is the enlarged and well-vascularized uterus during cesarean section. Uterine involution squeezes the big vessels in the endometrial cavity, but the surface blood supply is not affected from the involution thus the risk of bleeding during serosal myomectomy is increased. Besides, the incision on the surface remains large which may have greater impact on the adhesion formation. In cases where multiple myoma removal is necessary, the number of incisions increases and the risk of bleeding and formation of adhesions increases. In serosal myomectomy, removal of posterior myomas and myomas close to the cornual region are not recommended. Myomas close to each other may be removed from the same incision to diminish the adhesion formation.
Following removal of baby and the placenta, the uterine cavity is swept by a gauze and incision site is controlled for any bleeding and lower uterine segment incision is closed with a running nonlocked no. 1 Vicryl suture. Uterine surface is evaluated for the locations and the sizes of the myomas present. Leiomyoma close to the low uterine segment incision site was taken out as described in endometrial myomectomy technique. Closed proximity of the leiomyomas was removed from a single incision to diminish the adhesion formation. Leiomyoma located in different locations is removed by incising each leiomyoma surface thus sutures and scarring on the surface of the uterus are prominent in classical technique. While removing the myoma, if myoma base carries a vascular pedicle, then the pedicle is clamped and sutured. The muscular layer is closed by separate no. 1 Vicryl sutures. The serosal surface is closed in either continuous locked no. 1 Vicryl sutures or a baseball suturing technique. After suturing a very hot sponge is placed on the suture line for a short time and then removed to see any bleeding foci. Any resistant bleeding not controlled by electrocautery may be controlled by no. 2 Vicryl U sutures or by figure of eight sutures around the suture line. No antiadhesion material is used for protection. After removal and suturing of all myomas, uterus is placed in the abdominal cavity and the serosal surface of the uterus and the tubes and ovaries are checked for bleeding and following hemostasis and clot removal the abdominal layers are closed according to the general principles.
The long-term effect of this method is the adhesion formation, which makes the latter abdominal surgeries prone to complications. Hemostatic sutures for bleeding result in many suture nodes on the uterine surface and may prolong time of surgery.
In 2013,
2.3. Technique of endometrial myomectomy
All myomectomy cases were performed by the same team of surgeons and cesarean section technique and myomectomy techniques used in these surgeries were the same. After removal of the baby and the placenta, the uterus is taken out from the abdominal cavity. The uterine cavity is swept by a gauze and uterine incision is controlled for any bleeding. Uterine surface and cavity are evaluated thoroughly for leiomyomas and anatomical locations and sizes are evaluated quickly. Those leiomyomas located close to the low uterine incision site (
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Following palpation and localization, leiomyomas (
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Any vascular structures at the root of leiomyoma were clamped and sutured (
Following bleeding control, any bleeding sites were sutured if present and if no major bleeding, myoma bed or death spaces are sutured with no. 1 Vicryl in a separated manner. Endometrium is sutured with an absorbable suture in cases where the defect site is bigger than 3 cm. Any serosal opening during subendometrial myomectomy is accepted as complication because the main goal of this surgical method is to keep the uterine serosa intact apart from cesarean lower uterine segment incision scar and by this way to minimize the adhesion formation which is a matter of fact in myomectomies. In cases where reaching myoma is difficult, the team preferred to use bivalves to open the endometrial cavity for a safe surgical procedure. Uterus itself is the major supporter of this surgery since the rapid physiological involution of the uterus diminishes the death spaces and suture sites thus endometrial scarring minimizes automatically. After inspection and hemostasis, lower uterine segment incision is closed and layers of the abdomen are closed carefully.
Postoperative care was not different from the cesarean section cases, and no additional treatment or follow-up was recommended for endometrial myomectomy cases.
Number of the leiomyomas, leiomyoma sizes, amount of blood lost during this procedure, serosal opening during surgery and operation time are all recorded. Leiomyomas are sent for pathological evaluation in all cases.
All patients are called 5 days after the hospital discharge for postoperative control and the uterus, the endometrium and the surgical sites of leiomyoma removal are evaluated carefully by transabdominal ultrasound and recorded. Every single patient is called for saline infusion sonography (SIS) 40 days after the surgery (when the uterine involution is ended and the uterus reaches the normal size) for the evaluation of endometrial damage or adhesion formation routinely and SİS findings are also recorded. Asherman syndrome at any level was not recorded in studied cases.
Among the studied 22 cases, four of them were operated for next cesarean section, and no leiomyoma formation or adhesion formation was observed during their next surgeries.
Both techniques carry some risks and complications during and after surgery. The complications related to cesarean myomectomy are listed in Table 3.
Symptomatic myomas (mild pelvic pain) |
Myoma >5 cm |
Single myoma |
Anteriorly located myomas |
Tumor previa |
Pedunculated myomas |
Avoiding extra surgical procedure |
Degenerative myomas |
Patient’s desire |
Age > 40 years |
Multiple myomas |
Cornual located myomas |
Posteriorly located myomas |
Asymptomatic myomas |
Tendency to bleed |
Previous history of uterine rupture |
Intraoperative bleeding |
Postoperative fever |
Blood transfusion |
Prolonged hospital stay |
Adhesion formation |
Asherman syndrome |
Abnormal placental insertions |
Uterine rupture |
A picture of SIS 40 days after the operation is depicted in Figure 1.
3. Conclusions
Cesarean myomectomy still remains a controversial issue in obstetrics practice and seems to continue to be debated in the future. Because none of the studies were performed as randomized controlled trials so far, and meta-analyses derived from those studies have weak outcomes to say that cesarean myomectomy is a safe and reliable procedure. The accumulating data, however, diminished the fear of performing cesarean myomectomy.
Though this novel method of cesarean myomectomy, endometrial myomectomy, decreases the adhesion formation by keeping the uterine serosa intact, diminishes blood loss and reduce the operation time compared to serosal myomectomy, large-scale randomized controlled trials need to show mid-term and long-term outcomes of this novel approach. Much safer and technically easier methods may change the steady thoughts on the risks of cesarean myomectomy in future.
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