How long to rest after laparoscopic surgery for uterine fibroids

Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery. Its advantage is that the surgical incision is very small, which is beneficial to the patient's physical recovery after surgery. There are many surgeries that can be cured through laparoscopic surgery. How long do you need to rest before you can get out of bed after laparoscopic surgery for uterine fibroids? Usually the patient can get up and move around one or two days after laparoscopic surgery, but sexual intercourse can only be resumed one month after the surgery. Let’s learn more about it in detail.

1. How long is the recovery period after minimally invasive surgery for uterine fibroids?

All I can say is that under normal circumstances, you can get out of bed 1 to 2 days after minimally invasive surgery, you need to rest for a month, abstain from sexual intercourse for a month, and you can get pregnant 2 years after the surgery (if the fibroids are superficial, some people can get pregnant 1 year after the surgery).

2. Symptoms of uterine fibroids.

Most patients have no obvious symptoms and are only occasionally discovered during pelvic examination. If symptoms occur, it is closely related to the location of the fibroids, its growth rate, and whether the fibroids have degenerated.

1. Menstrual changes: The most common symptom is shortened menstrual cycle, increased menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, irregular vaginal bleeding, etc.

2. Abdominal mass: The abdomen is swollen, and a mass can be felt in the lower abdomen, accompanied by a feeling of falling.

3. Increased leucorrhea: Increased leucorrhea, sometimes with a large amount of purulent and bloody discharge and necrotic tissue discharge with a foul odor.

4. Pain: Generally, patients do not have abdominal pain, but often have lower abdominal distension, back pain, etc. When the subserosal fibroid pedicle of uterine fibroids is twisted, acute abdominal pain may occur. When the fibroid turns red, the abdominal pain is severe and accompanied by fever.

5. Compression symptoms: The fibroids grow forward or backward and may compress the bladder, urethra or rectum, causing frequent urination, difficulty urinating, urinary retention or constipation. When the fibroids grow to both sides, broad ligament fibroids are formed. When they compress the ureter, they can cause hydroureteral or renal pelvis; if they compress the pelvic blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, they can cause lower limb edema.

6. Infertility: Fibroids compress the fallopian tubes, causing them to twist, or deform the uterine cavity, thus preventing the fertilized egg from implanting and leading to infertility.

7. Secondary anemia: If the patient has excessive menstruation for a long time, it may lead to secondary anemia, with symptoms such as general fatigue, pale complexion, shortness of breath, and palpitations.

8. Hypoglycemia: Hypoglycemia associated with uterine fibroids is also rare. The main symptoms are low fasting blood sugar, loss of consciousness and even shock. The symptoms can completely disappear after glucose injection. The symptoms of hypoglycemia disappeared completely after tumor resection.