Comparison of recurrence rate and risk factors in patients with focal adenomyosis with and without medical treatment after conservative surgery

Wang W, Wenwen Wang, Ma X, Xiangyi Ma, Zhang M, Minli Zhang, Zhaohua Wu, Wu Z, Zhangying Wu, Tao Xiang, Xiang T, Shixuan Wang, Wang S
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2022 · vol. 161(2) , pp. 594–600 · doi:10.1002/ijgo.14561 · PMID:36334061 · W4308255230
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Postoperative medical treatment with GnRH agonists or LNG-IUS significantly reduced recurrence rates in focal adenomyosis patients after conservative surgery.

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the recurrence rate and risk factors between conservative surgery followed by medical treatments and conservative surgery-only in patients with focal adenomyosis. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted in a single teaching hospital from May 2011 to October 2016. All eligible patients were identified into three groups: surgery-only group, surgery combined with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa), and a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) group. The recurrence rate and risk factors were compared among groups using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards analyses. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was applied to determine a cut-off value for identifying recurrence-related risk factors. RESULTS: A total of 249 postoperative patients with adenomyosis were included in the final analysis with a mean of 41 months of follow up. The recurrence rate at the long-term follow up was significantly lower in intervention groups than in the surgery-only group (P = 0.011). The Cox proportional hazards and ROC analyses showed that a menstrual cycle longer than 26 days (P = 0.026), diameter of lesions <6 cm (P = 0.030), and combination treatment using GnRHa (P = 0.039) or LNG-IUS (P = 0.007) were protective against relapse. The risk of recurrence was lower in patients with anterior (P = 0.034) or fundus (P = 0.038) adenomyosis. CONCLUSION: Postoperative therapy using GnRHa or LNG-IUS decreases the long-term relapse rate in women undergoing conservative surgery.

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