Intrauterine Adhesions following Conservative Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Table 1

Intrauterine synechiae following resectoscopic myomectomy. Second-look hysteroscopy.

Author	Instrument	Second-look interval	Fibroids	Additional treatment	Adhesions/second-look hysteroscopies	Adhesion rate
Taskin et al. 2000 [9]	monopolar	14–30 days	single	no/placebo	8/22	36.36%
				Danazol	7/20	35%
			multiple	no/placebo	6/13	46.15%
				Danazol	6/14	42.85%
Guida et al. 2004 [11]	bipolar	3 months	single*	no/placebo	8/24	33.33%
				a–c hyaluronic acid gel	4/25	16%
Yang et al. 2008 [10]	monopolar*	1–3 months	single	No	2/132	1.5%
			2, nonapposing	IUD, 1 month	0/5	0%
			≥2 apposing	IUD, 1 month	7/9	78%
			≥2 apposing	early lysis 1-2 weeks	0/7	0%
Touboul et al. 2009 [13]	bipolar	2 months	single*	No	4/53	7.5%
Roy et al. 2010 [14]	monopolar	6 weeks	single	estradiol valerate (6 weeks) antibiotics (5 days)	2/186	1.07%
Total					54/510	10.58%

*Extrapolated, but not clearly stated on the original paper.