Myomectomy - controling for potential complications

This is part of a video series within a learning module about myomectomy designed for OBGYN residents at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College. This video features an interview with Dr. Malede Birara, Assistant Professor within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The full learning moduled is available at http://open.umich.edu/education/med/oernetwork/med/ob-gyn/myomectomy/2013. The video and learning module are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. The video was filmed by Kathleen Omollo from University of Michigan.

Myomectomy: Controlling for possible complications during surgery

There are expected complications during the procedure of myomectomy. These are uncontrolled hemorrhage or bleeding and the other one

possiblely depending on the location of the myoma

there might x of the fallopian tubes

so as much as possible incisions nearby

or sutures nearby the fallopian tubes should be avoided. The other one is

especially if the myomas are in the lower segment,

there might be the possibility of damaging or

suturing, or cutting even the ureters on the bladder

and it should be identified and repaired

at the time of the surgery