Current application status of conservative surgery for the adenomyosis

Adenomyosis refers to one sort of benign lesion caused by the endometrial glands' and stroma's invasion into the myometrium,and its main performance is excessive menstrual flow,dysmenorrhea,and infertility. For the patients with adenomyosis who want to keep their uterus,if the effect of the simple drug treatment is not satisfied, they can choose a conservative surgery;including excision of the lesion of adenomyosis,endometrial and myometrial resection,electric coagulation of myometrial lesions,surgery combined with drug treatment,pelvic denervation therapy,the uterine artery occlusion,interventional treatment,etc.The choice of surgical methods depends on patient s age,will,fertility requirements,the location and scope of the lesion and the doctor's surgical skills.In this paper,the current application status of conservative surgery for adenomyosis is briefly reviewed.