Hysteroscopic Endometrial Focal Resection followed by Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device Insertion as a Fertility-Sparing Treatment of Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia and Early Endometrial Cancer: A Retrospective Study. 2019

Pierluigi Giampaolino, and Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, and Antonio Mollo, and Antonio Raffone, and Antonio Travaglino, and Antonio Boccellino, and Brunella Zizolfi, and Luigi Insabato, and Fulvio Zullo, and Giuseppe De Placido, and Giuseppe Bifulco
Department of Public Health (Drs. Giampaolino and Di Spiezio Sardo).

To evaluate safety and effectiveness of the combination of hysteroscopic endometrial focal resection with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) for International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IA G1 early endometrial cancer (EEC) and atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) in young women to preserve their fertility. Retrospective case series (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). University Federico II, Naples, Italy. The medical records of 69 consecutive patients treated from 2007 to 2017 with diagnosis of EEC (n = 14) or AEH (n = 55) meeting inclusion criteria were reviewed. Patients with focal EEC were treated by hysteroscopic resection of the lesion according to Mazzon's technique; patients with AEH were treated by superficial endometrial resection, preserving the basal layer of the endometrium. An LNG-IUD was inserted in all patients after surgery. Patients were followed for 24 months with serial hysteroscopic biopsies. Rates of response, live birth, and recurrence were assessed. Of the 14 patients with EEC, 11 (78.6%) achieved a complete response, 2 (18.2%) of whom had subsequent relapse, 1 (7.1%) showed partial response, whereas 2 (14.3%) were nonresponders (1 stable disease and 1 progression). Of the 55 patients with AEH, 51 (92.7%) achieved a complete response, 2 (3.9%) of whom had subsequent relapse, 3 (5.5%) showed partial response, whereas only 1 (1.8%) was nonresponder with stable disease. Among 25 patients who had removed the LNG-IUD, 10 (40%) gave birth after natural conception in the last 12 months of follow-up. The combination of hysteroscopic resection with an LNG-IUD as fertility-sparing treatment of EEC and AEH showed similar response and live birth rates compared with those reported in literature for progestins alone, but with considerably lower relapse rate. We advocate the use of this combined approach as an alternative fertility-sparing option in patients with ECC and AEH.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007436 Intrauterine Devices, Medicated Intrauterine devices that release contraceptive agents. Hormone-Releasing IUDs,IUD, Hormone Releasing,Intrauterine Devices, Hormone-Releasing,Intrauterine Devices, Progesterone-Releasing,Medicated Intrauterine Devices,Device, Hormone-Releasing Intrauterine,Device, Medicated Intrauterine,Device, Progesterone-Releasing Intrauterine,Devices, Hormone-Releasing Intrauterine,Devices, Medicated Intrauterine,Devices, Progesterone-Releasing Intrauterine,Hormone Releasing IUD,Hormone-Releasing IUD,Hormone-Releasing Intrauterine Device,Hormone-Releasing Intrauterine Devices,IUD, Hormone-Releasing,IUDs, Hormone-Releasing,Intrauterine Device, Hormone-Releasing,Intrauterine Device, Medicated,Intrauterine Device, Progesterone-Releasing,Intrauterine Devices, Hormone Releasing,Intrauterine Devices, Progesterone Releasing,Medicated Intrauterine Device,Progesterone-Releasing Intrauterine Device,Progesterone-Releasing Intrauterine Devices
D007558 Italy A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome. Sardinia
D009364 Neoplasm Recurrence, Local The local recurrence of a neoplasm following treatment. It arises from microscopic cells of the original neoplasm that have escaped therapeutic intervention and later become clinically visible at the original site. Local Neoplasm Recurrence,Local Neoplasm Recurrences,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrence,Neoplasm Recurrence, Locoregional,Neoplasm Recurrences, Local,Recurrence, Local Neoplasm,Recurrence, Locoregional Neoplasm,Recurrences, Local Neoplasm,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrences,Neoplasm Recurrences, Locoregional,Recurrences, Locoregional Neoplasm
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D004714 Endometrial Hyperplasia Benign proliferation of the ENDOMETRIUM in the UTERUS. Endometrial hyperplasia is classified by its cytology and glandular tissue. There are simple, complex (adenomatous without atypia), and atypical hyperplasia representing also the ascending risk of becoming malignant. Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia,Complex Endometrial Hyperplasia,Simple Endometrial Hyperplasia,Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasias,Complex Endometrial Hyperplasias,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Atypical,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Complex,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Simple,Endometrial Hyperplasias,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Atypical,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Complex,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Simple,Hyperplasia, Atypical Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Complex Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Simple Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Atypical Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Complex Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Simple Endometrial,Simple Endometrial Hyperplasias
D004717 Endometrium The mucous membrane lining of the uterine cavity that is hormonally responsive during the MENSTRUAL CYCLE and PREGNANCY. The endometrium undergoes cyclic changes that characterize MENSTRUATION. After successful FERTILIZATION, it serves to sustain the developing embryo. Endometria
D005260 Female Females
D005298 Fertility The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female. Fecundity,Below Replacement Fertility,Differential Fertility,Fecundability,Fertility Determinants,Fertility Incentives,Fertility Preferences,Fertility, Below Replacement,Marital Fertility,Natural Fertility,Subfecundity,World Fertility Survey,Determinant, Fertility,Determinants, Fertility,Fertility Determinant,Fertility Incentive,Fertility Preference,Fertility Survey, World,Fertility Surveys, World,Fertility, Differential,Fertility, Marital,Fertility, Natural,Preference, Fertility,Preferences, Fertility,Survey, World Fertility,Surveys, World Fertility,World Fertility Surveys
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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