Word of caution for anesthetist with intrauterine vasopressin during myomectomy: A report of two cases

Abstract

Blood loss is one of the major complications in myomectomy. There are several methods to reduce blood loss, one of which that is commonly being used is intramyometrial injection of vasopressin, but there are many adverse events reported with its use. We hereby report two such cases of myomectomy in which patients had bradycardia and cardiac standstill following the use of vasopressin. We hereby discuss the anesthetic concerns and the safe limit of vasopressin for its use in myomectomy.

Keywords

• blood loss
• intrauterine vasopressin
• myomectomy