| Table of Contents |  |
|
Case Report
| ||||||
| Successful elective cesarean myomectomy in a resource poor setting: A case report | ||||||
| Chidi O.U. Esike1, Okechukwu B. Anozie1, Onwe E. Ogah2, Robinson C. Onoh1, Richard Ewah3, Henry Obarezi1 | ||||||
|
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
2Department of Paediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 3Department of Anaesthesia, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. | ||||||
| ||||||
|
[HTML Full Text]
[PDF Full Text]
[Print This Article]
[Similar article in Pumed] [Similar article in Google Scholar] |
| How to cite this article: |
| Esike COU, Anozie OB, Ogah OE, Onoh RC, Ewah R, Obarezi H. Successful elective cesarean myomectomy in a resource poor setting: A case report. J Case Rep Images Gynecol Obstet 2016;2:53–56. |
|
Abstract
|
|
Introduction:
Leiomyoma, the most common pelvic tumor of females especially among the Negroid race often complicates pregnancies. This is more in native African women. In spite of the numerous complications they can cause during pregnancy, surgical removal of myomas during cesarean sections is traditionally discouraged and very controversial because of fear of complications especially hemorrhage. Despite these controversies and fears, some reports have shown that myomectomy during cesarean delivery can be safe.
Case Report: We present a case of a 30-year-old primigravid who presented with huge multiple myomas coexisting with pregnancy and had successful elective cesarean myomectomy at term. Conclusion: There is a need for well-controlled randomized trials to establish the safety or otherwise of cesarean myomectomy as this will be of immense benefit to our women in our mostly resource poor areas of practice. | |
|
Keywords:
Cesarean myomectomy, Resource-poor setting, Successful
| |
|
[HTML Full Text]
[PDF Full Text]
|
|
Author Contributions
Chidi O.U. Esike – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Okechukwu B. Anozie – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Onwe E. Ogah – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Robinson C. Onoh – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Richard Ewah – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Henry Obarezi – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
|
Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
|
Source of support
None |
|
Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
|
Copyright
© 2016 Chidi O.U. Esike et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
|
|