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12441655

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
We select surgical treatment for cases for which severe dysmenorrhea persists following medical treatment. Many reports have described the use of neurectomies by cutting off pain conducting nerve pathways using laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation (LUNA) has been associated with a high success rate for pain control, but there are few reports of anatomical studies in the uterosacral ligament. Using an immunohistochemical method, we examined the number and types of nerve fiber bundles in the uterosacral ligaments and its surrounding tissue in cadavers. The greatest number of nerve fiber bundles was found at a distance of 16.5-33 mm and at a depth of 3-15 mm distal to the site of attachment of the uterosacral ligament to the uterine cervix. Furthermore, there were many more sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fiber bundles than sensory ones in the uterosacral ligament and its surrounding tissue. These results show the appropriate site of transection of uterosacral ligaments when performing LUNA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-6; discussion 16-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:articleTitle
Investigation of the localization of nerves in the uterosacral ligament: determination of the optimal site for uterosacral nerve ablation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.