Background: Uterine fibroids are the most common benign gynaecological
tumours in women. When symptomatic, heavy menstrual bleeding is the principal
manifestation of uterine fibroids. Nowadays, several conservative procedures have
been utilized to discourage hysterectomy or myomectomy and great interest has
been focused on laser energy technology associated with mini-invasive approaches.
Diode lasers demonstrated many advantages in laparoscopic and hysteroscopic
surgery. Methods: To evaluate the Dual Wavelength Diode Laser System
(DWLS) ablation techniques for treating fibroids, we devised an experimental
system for characterizing the myolysis fibre ablation performance with a
particular fibre designed to create a thermal ablation in the centre of the
myoma. All the myomas were used for the experiment after a total hysterectomy and
their excision from the fresh uteri. The experiment setup was composed of two
beaker containers filled with isotonic saline water, temperature monitoring myoma
surface and water bath, a diode laser fibre and a diode laser energy deposition
system. Results: Good macroscopic results have been found for fibroids
of about 60 cm
