Uterine leiomyoma at women of reproductive age: frequency and structure of concomitant pathology (Retrospective analysis)
Authors: Kornatska A. H. , Flaksemberh M. A. , Chubei G. V. , Brazhuk M. V. 
Published: July 2021

The objective: to establish the frequency, structure and interconnection with accompanying gynecological pathology incidence of patients with uterine leiomyoma by retrospective analysis.Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 12241 case histories of patients treated during 2012–2016 in the Department of Gynecology with minimally invasive technologies, beds of fetal medicine and pathology of early pregnancy Khmelnytsky Regional Perinatal Center, as a department of general gynecology, as well as a specialized department assistance to women interested in the preservation and restoration of reproductive function, namely the Department of Family Planning and Operational Rehabilitation of the Reproductive Function of Women SI «Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology named Academician OM Lukyanova National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine «.The results of the examination in a specially developed formalized medical history for further input and processing of information were recorded.Results. As a result of the retrospective analysis, it was found that, according to the Khmelnytsky Regional Perinatal Center, the frequency of LM ranged from 17.3% with a gradual increase to 21.6%. Radical interventions were performed in 55.5% of women without a tendency to decrease by age. Only in 5% of cases organ-preserving intervention was performed, and in 8.4% hysteroscopy (HS) was used. However, there is a positive trend to increase the frequency of both conservative myomectomy (CM) and HS over the years. .As a result of the retrospective analysis, it was found that uterine leiomyoma occurred in 824 patients, which amounted at 18.3% of patients. There is a steady increase in the incidence of uterine leiomyoma among patients treated in the family planning and surgical rehabilitation department. Among these patients, to 305 (37%) patients were held underwent surgery (surgical group – SG), such as conservative myomectomy or radical surgery with different approaches. The remaining 519 (63%) women received conservative therapy (conservative group – CG). The mean age of the examined patients was 38,3±0,4 years at women of the surgical group and 39,2±0,3 years at the conservative group. The LM up to 25 years was rare, less than 1% of cases, but in the surgical group four times more often. From the age of 26, the frequency of LM begins to increase in both groups to 8.5% with a sharp increase after 30 years, in 3 times. It peaks at the age of 36-40 years in the surgical group and at 41-45 in the conservative group, with a gradual decrease after 45 years. It peaks at the age of 36-40 years in the surgical group and at 41-45 in the conservative group, with a gradual decrease after 45 years. At women, CG significantly more often LM occurred on the background of chronic inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs (HZZOMT), at 207 patients (39.9%) against 92 women (30.2%) in HG, p<0.05. Whereas pelvic adhesions were diagnosed in both groups with the same frequency (54 women (17.7%) in CG and 82 patients (15.8%) in CG). With regard to endometriosis, external genital endometriosis was significantly more common in women with CG, namely in 40 patients (13.1%) against 31 women (6.0%) in CG, p <0.05. Whereas internal endometriosis (adenomyosis) in both groups was detected with the same frequency (49 patients (16.1%) in CG and 90 patients (17.3%) in CG). Surgical interventions were dominated by organ-sparing operations (262 patients or 85.9%) against 72 women (23.6%) who underwent radical intervention. Laparoscopy (LS) was used twice as rarely, mostly in infertile women, to remove small leiomatous nodules with a predominantly subserous location (60 patients or 19.7%). At 41 women (13.4%) the submucosal nodes were removed by hysteroresectoscopy. Anemia was significantly more common at women with LM who required surgery (47 patients (15.4%) in HCG versus 48 patients (9.2%) in CG, p <0.05). The infertility among UL occurred in every fourth patient, slightly more often in HG (83 women (27.2%) against 124 patients (23.9%) in CG).Conclusions. The UL occurred in one in five women with a tendency to increase in frequency in this department. One in three women with LM (37%) required surgery, organ-sparing interventions predominated (85.9%), and laparotomy access was preferred (42.6%). For women of the conservative group is characterized by a more frequent combination with chronic inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs (39.9%), pathology of the endometrium (43.9%) and cervix (20.0%). Infertility occurred in every fourth woman with LM without differences both between groups and between primary and secondary infertility.