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Risk Factors for Symptomatic Recurrence after Laparoscopic Adenomyomectomy: A 3-Year Follow-up
Feng Sun1, Jin Yu1, YiLian Pan1
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China (all authors).
Study Objective:
To identify the clinical risk factors for symptomatic recurrence of adenomyosis after laparoscopic adenomyomectomy with a three-year follow-up.
Design:
Retrospective study.
Setting:
University-affiliated hospital.
Patients:
A total of 149 patients were included in this study, including 52 patients with symptomatic recurrence and 97 without recurrence.
Intervention:
Laparoscopic adenomyomectomy was performed first.
Measurements And Main Results:
General clinical data, including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative indices, symptomatic recurrence, and follow-up information, were collected. Comparison of women with and without symptomatic recurrence revealed significant differences for age at surgery (p = .026), presence of concomitant ovarian endometrioma (p <.001), and prescription of postoperative hormonal suppression (yes/no) (p <.0001). A Cox proportional hazard model indicated that concomitant ovarian endometrioma was a significant risk factor for recurrence (hazard ratio [HR], 2.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-3.85, p = .001). Patients who received postoperative hormonal suppression had a lower risk of recurrence than those without hormonal suppression (HR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.16-0.55, p <.0001). Those aged ≥40 years also had a lower risk of symptomatic recurrence than those <40 years (HR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.24-0.88, p = .03).
Conclusions:
Concomitant ovarian endometrioma is a risk factor for symptomatic recurrence of adenomyosis after laparoscopic adenomyomectomy. Postoperative hormonal suppression and older age at surgery (≥40 years) are protective factors.
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