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Endometrial hyperplasia surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Swathi Venkatesan, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Overview

Total hysterectomy is curative for atypical endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia.^[1]

Surgery

Surgery

Total hysterectomy is curative for atypical endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia.^[1]
Surgery may also provide an opportunity for an intraoperative assessment of a concurrent carcinoma.^[1]
Total hysterectomy may not be an option for patients who desire pregnancy or those unfit to undergo surgery and are treated conservatively.^[1]

References

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Trimble CL, Method M, Leitao M, Lu K, Ioffe O, Hampton M; et al. (2012). “Management of endometrial precancers”. Obstet Gynecol. 120 (5): 1160–75. doi:http://10.1097/AOG.0b013e31826bb121 Check |doi= value (help). PMC 3800154. PMID 23090535.

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