In patients undergoing myomectomy, those pretreated with triptorelin depot had lower blood loss than untreated controls.
In plain wordsIn myoma surgery, earlier triptorelin treatment was linked to less blood loss than in untreated patients.
- Outcome
- DecreaseIntraoperative blood loss
- Study
n = 62
- Comparator
- Untreated patients
- Outcome group
- Surgical outcomes · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Treated patients showed lower blood loss and not clearly identifiable cleavage plan, but without any significant increase in the operating time.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The study was performed at the University Federico II of Naples on 33 premenopausal patients submitted to laparotomic myomectomy after treatment with triptorelin depot.
29 untreated patients formed the control group.