Implantation endometrioma at port site after laparoscopic abdominal supracervical hysterectomy
Shaxted Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Cliftonville, Northampton NN1 5BZ, UK.
Abstract
Objective
To report three instances of implantation endometriomas occurring after laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy.
Subjects
Three patients who developed implantation endometriomas at the site of insertion of the morcellator used in laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy are described. At one hospital this occurred in two patients out of 54, giving an incidence of 4%.
Conclusion
Implantation endometriosis may be a risk associated with morcellation of the uterus at laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy.
