Randomized Controlled Study Comparing the Gynecare Morcellex and Rotocut G1 Tissue Morcellators

Zullo, Fulvio; Falbo, Angela; Iuliano, Assunta; Oppedisano, Rosamaria; Sacchinelli, Angela; Annunziata, Gianluca; Venturella, Roberta; Materazzo, Caterina; Tolino, Achille; Palomba, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2009.11.009

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Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 192-199, March 2010

Randomized Controlled Study Comparing the Gynecare Morcellex and Rotocut G1 Tissue Morcellators

Fulvio Zullo, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Angela Falbo, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Assunta Iuliano, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Rosamaria Oppedisano, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Angela Sacchinelli, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Gianluca Annunziata, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Roberta Venturella, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Caterina Materazzo, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Achille Tolino, MD
- University “Federico II” of Naples, Naples, Italy
Stefano Palomba, MD
- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Corresponding author: Stefano Palomba, MD, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Via T. Campanella 182/1, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.

Received 6 July 2009; received in revised form 29 October 2009; accepted 10 November 2009.

Abstract

Study Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Gynecare Morcellex tissue morcellator (Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ) in laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and myomectomy.

Design

Randomized controlled trial (Evidence I).

Setting

University department of obstetrics and gynecology.

Patients

Seventy-four patients with symptomatic uterine myomas scheduled for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy or myomectomy.

Interventions

Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and myomectomy followed by tissue morcellation using the Gynecare Morcellex (experimental group) or the Rotocut G1 morcellator (Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany) (control group).

Measurements and Main Results

Patient characteristics and surgical data were noted for both groups. No difference was detected between groups in any parameters assessed, whereas a significant difference (p <.05) in handling score was detected in the experimental group compared with the control group.