Recurrence of uterine myoma after myomectomy: Open myomectomy versus laparoscopic myomectomy

Abstract

LM yielded a higher recurrence rate than OM, likely a result of manual myoma removal in OM, which is a more exhaustive extraction of smaller myoma masses than performed in LM. In other words, fewer residual myoma masses after OM contribute to a lower postoperative recurrence rate.