Fertility and Symptom Relief following Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy

Table 2

Characteristics of women who achieved pregnancy after myomectomy.

Characteristics	Group 2^a	Group 3^b	Total
Months to achieve pregnancy after starting to attempt
Number of patients
Mean ± SD	8.2 ± 10.1	7.3 ± 7.5	7.9 ± 9.4
Range	(1–60)	(1–32)	(1–60)
Months to achieve pregnancy after myomectomy
Number of patients
Mean ± SD	13.0 ± 11.1	10.6 ± 8.3	12.3 ± 10.3
Range	(2.5–64.5)	(2.5–33.5)	(2.5–64.5)
Used medications or procedures to achieve pregnancy, (%)	16/80 (20.0)	15/32 (46.9)	31/112 (27.7)
Age at pregnancy, yrs	35.7 ± 5.0^c	37.7 ± 5.3	36.3 ± 5.1
Age at pregnancy for women with a complication, yrs	34.5 ± 6.2	33.5 ± 0.0	34.4 ± 5.9
Complications during pregnancy, (%)^d	12 (15.6)	1 (3.2)	13 (12.0)
Premature delivery <37 wks	10 (13.0)	1 (3.2)	11 (10.2)
Abnormal placentation	4 (5.2)	0	4 (3.7)
Uterine rupture	1 (1.3)	0	1 (0.9)
Miscarriage during pregnancy, (%)	25/82 (30.5)	12/32 (37.5)	37/114 (32.5)

^aGroup 2 = desire to treat symptoms and preserve ability to get pregnant in future.
^bGroup 3 = desire to improve current chance of pregnancy after myomectomy.
^cData are mean ± standard deviation unless stated otherwise.
^dData are not mutually exclusive.