Myomectomy - Implications for the patient in the future

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:Implications for the patient in the future

And a patient for whom the abdominal cavity has been opened

for during the procedure of myomectomy

should be advised on future delivery

because she is not going to be a candidate for

vaginal delivery after this procedure

otherwise, the risk of the patient with

myomectomy especially if it is not a difficult procedure

they can try vaginal delivery in the future.

Instructor: Dr. Malede Birara, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC). Filming and Editing by Kathleen Omollo University of Michigan, and Yetemwork Abay Benti, SPHMMC