Table 5 Studies that compared patients operated for uterine sarcoma with and without morcellation. With permission from Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie [27]

From: Options on fibroid morcellation: a literature review

Park 2011 (LGESS)	No.	Age	FU	Recurrence	5 years DFS	ORmv
Morcellation −	27	45.3	64	3/27	84 %
Morcellation +	23	43.6	66	8/23	55 %	4.03 (1–15)
Park 2011 (LMS)	n	Age	FU	Recurrence	5 years DFS	OR
Morcellation −	31	47.9	52	7/31	65 %
Morcellation +	25	46.4	27	13/25	40 %	3.11 (1–9)

LGESS low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma, LMS leiomyosarcoma, FU follow-up, DFS disease free survival, ORmv odds rate mortality risk after morcellation in a multivariate analysis

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