The Investigation and Management of Adenomyosis in Women Who Wish to Improve or Preserve Fertility

Biomed Res Int. 2018 Mar 15:2018:6832685. doi: 10.1155/2018/6832685. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

The management of adenomyosis remains a great challenge to practicing gynaecologists. Until recently, hysterectomy has been the only definitive treatment in women who have completed child bearing. A number of nonsurgical and minimally invasive, fertility-sparing surgical treatment options have recently been developed. This review focuses on three aspects of management, namely, (1) newly introduced nonsurgical treatments; (2) management strategies of reproductive failures associated with adenomyosis; and (3) surgical approaches to the management of cystic adenomyoma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenomyosis / physiopathology
  • Adenomyosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Fertility / physiology
  • Fertility Preservation / methods
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / trends*
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / trends*