Myomectomies are carried out under general anaesthetic. They usually take one to two hours.
If you have a myomectomy involving keyhole surgery (laparoscopic), your consultant will make a number of small incisions in your tummy. They will then use a laparoscope, a thin telescopic instrument, inserted through the incisions to investigate and remove the fibroids.
In an abdominal myomectomy (open surgery), your surgeon makes a single larger incision across your tummy to access your uterus and remove the fibroids.
For a robotic myomectomy, your surgeon will use the da Vinci Xi surgical robot – a pair of highly advanced robotic arms – to assist. In the operating theatre, your surgeon will operate the robotic arms using a console. These arms hold a camera and surgical equipment and enable the surgeon to make very precise movements in the body. Robotic surgery allows your surgeon to remove larger fibroids through small incisions.
Robotic arms are inserted through these small holes and connected with consoles. The surgeon then uses his hands to control the arms and carries out the operation very precisely. The robotic surgery allows your surgeon to remove larger fibroids through the small hole.
The advantage of a robotic myomectomy is that it enables your surgeon to carry out this procedure with great precision. This causes less scarring and means you will recover more quickly.
If you have a laparoscopic myomectomy, you’ll normally spend a night in hospital resting afterwards. After that you’ll recover at home. The full recovery time is about two to four weeks.
If you have an abdominal myomectomy, you may need to stay in hospital for a few nights afterwards. The recovery time at home is also longer – up to six weeks.
If you have a robotic myomectomy, you may be able to go home that same day but sometimes you’ll need to stay overnight in the hospital. After that you’ll recover at home. The full recovery time is about two to four weeks.
Your consultant will discuss with you how you can prepare. You will be advised to avoid eating or drinking for a few hours before the operation.
Hospital package from £7,990 (daycase), £8,780 (1 night), and £9,935 (2 nights).
Included in package price:
- pre-admission outpatient tests, which includes standard pathology and diagnostic tests (ECG and chest X-ray), if required
- recovery and accommodation
- ward medications, dressings, and nursing consumables
- procedure, including anaesthetic drugs and theatre consumables
- standard post–op medication
- inpatient physiotherapy and surgical stockings, if required
- discharge medication (up to £50)
- all patient meals and non-alcoholic beverages (light meals for daycases)
Excluded from the package price:
- consultant or anaesthetist fees
- companion beds and catering for relatives or visitors
- diagnostics, unless stated in inclusions
- additional procedures
- additional pathology and supplies
- histology tests
- take-out supplies
- personal expenses, such as telephone calls, ambulances, or additional catering
- re-admission for return to theatres
Included in the package price:
- consultant surgeon and consultant anaesthetist procedure fees
- pre-admission outpatient tests, which includes standard pathology and diagnostic tests (ECG and chest X-ray), if required
- recovery and accommodation which includes a stay in a private en-suite room
- ward medications, dressings, and ward nursing consumables
- theatre procedure, including anaesthetic drugs and theatre consumables
- theatre prosthesis
- pathology and histology, if required
- standard post–op medication issued and used during the inpatient stay
- inpatient physiotherapy and surgical stockings, if required
- discharge medication pertaining to the condition being treated by this package
- all patient meals and non-alcoholic beverages
- post-op pertaining to the procedure within the day case
Excluded from the package price:
- take-out supplies
- companion beds and catering for relatives and visitors
- personal expenses –telephone calls, additional catering, ambulances, etc.
If additional night’s stay, diagnostics, or other services are requested from your consultant you will not be charged in addition for these as these are included within the fixed price package.
Consultants offering this package:
- Professor Jayanta Chatterjee, Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon
- Mr Amer Raza, Consultant Gynaecologist
When enquiring about this package, please quote Q0920.
Hospital package from £9,120 (daycase), £9,910 (1 night), and £11,065 (2 nights).
Included in package price:
- pre-admission outpatient tests, which includes standard pathology and diagnostic tests (ECG and chest X-ray), if required
- recovery and accommodation
- ward medications, dressings, and nursing consumables
- procedure, including anaesthetic drugs and theatre consumables
- standard post–op medication
- inpatient physiotherapy and surgical stockings, if required
- discharge medication (up to £50)
- all patient meals and non-alcoholic beverages (light meals for daycases)
Excluded from the package price:
- consultant or anaesthetist fees
- companion beds and catering for relatives or visitors
- diagnostics, unless stated in inclusions
- additional procedures
- additional pathology and supplies
- histology tests
- take-out supplies
- personal expenses, such as telephone calls, ambulances, or additional catering
- re-admission for return to theatres
Included in the package price:
- consultant surgeon and consultant anaesthetist procedure fees
- pre-admission outpatient tests, which includes standard pathology and diagnostic tests (ECG and chest X-ray), if required
- recovery and accommodation which includes a stay in a private en-suite room
- ward medications, dressings, and ward nursing consumables
- theatre procedure, including anaesthetic drugs and theatre consumables
- theatre prosthesis
- pathology and histology, if required
- standard post–op medication issued and used during the inpatient stay
- inpatient physiotherapy and surgical stockings, if required
- discharge medication pertaining to the condition being treated by this package
- all patient meals and non-alcoholic beverages
- post-op pertaining to the procedure within the day case
Excluded from the package price:
- take-out supplies
- companion beds and catering for relatives and visitors
- personal expenses –telephone calls, additional catering, ambulances, etc.
If additional night’s stay, diagnostics, or other services are requested from your consultant you will not be charged in addition for these as these are included within the fixed price package.
Consultants offering this package:
- Professor Jayanta Chatterjee, Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon
- Mr Amer Raza, Consultant Gynaecologist
When enquiring about this package, please quote Q0930.
