[Uterine myoma: modalities and indications for coelioscopic treatment]

Only complicated fibromas refractory to medical treatment should be treated surgically. Two types of operations can be proposed for interstitial and subserosal fibromas: myomectomy and hysterectomy. The indication, based on a through preoperative assessment, depends on the patient's age and the size, number and sites of the fibromas and associated lesions. Preliminary series confirm the feasibility of these two operations performed by laparoscopy, as a result of the progress in this modality over recent years. In the future, larger series will determine the respective place of each of these surgical procedures in relation to others surgical possibilities.