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Virtual Poster Details

Name
10189 - Laparoscopic Removal of a Non Communicating Uterine Horn
Presenting Author
Maria Alzamora
Affiliation
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Abstract
Study Objective: to describe the etiology, presentation, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approach to a unicornuate uterus with a non-communicating uterine horn and to illustrate appropriate surgical technique and intraoperative considerations.

Design: Video

Setting: Hospital operating room

Patients or Participants: 16 yo female presenting with chronic dysmenorrhea found to have a unicornuate uterus with an associated rudimentary horn.

Interventions: The patient had a laparoscopic excision of rudimentary horn.

Measurements and Main Results: After chromopertubation to confirm the right rudimentary horn and adjacent fallopian tube were not connected to the left hemiuterus, the rudimentary horn and fallopian tube were excised from the functional unicornuate uterus without entry into the endometrial cavity.

Conclusion: Laparoscopic excision of rudimentary horn can successfully treat dysmenorrhea in symptomatic patients.

Authors

Alzamora, MC*1, Trieu, E2, Horiuchi, W3, Kastury, R4, Damle, LF3. 1Obstetrics and Gynecology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, washington, DC; 2Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; 3Obstetrics and Gynecology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; 4Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Primary Category
Reproductive Medicine
Secondary Category
Pelvic Pain
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