At Dexeus Mujer, two techniques are routinely applied to maintain haemostasis: temporary clipping of both uterine arteries at their origin and of the ovarian vessels at the pelvic infundibulum, and intramyometrial epinephrine injection before performing the hysterectomy. Both procedures are safe and lead to complications only in a small number of cases. owever, epinephrine injection is associated with side effects such as hypertension, bradycardia, arrhythmia and cardiac arrest. Clipping is an alternative, but until this study it was not known whether the rate of haemorrhagic complications could be similar, and it is a less widespread option because it requires experience in its application.

In total, 625 patients who underwent surgery between January 2009 and December 2019 were analysed for this study. Their mean age was 37.82 years and 69.8 % had symptoms. The most common symptoms were bleeding (33.2 %), increased pelvic volume (24.2 %) and fertility problems (24 %).

The authors of the study concluded that temporary clipping of both uterine arteries at their origin and of the ovarian vessels is the best technique to reduce the risk of bleeding during surgery, although it is not a widespread procedure, as it requires experience in the application of this technique. They also concluded that laparoscopic myomectomy is a safe technique, which in general offers great surgical and subsequent reproductive success. However, they admit that their study has several limitations, as it is a single-centre study, mainly descriptive, and based on their own experience. Therefore, they point out that further studies are needed to reach definitive conclusions.