LAAM stands for Laparoscopically Assisted Abdominal Myomectomy, and is a procedure used to remove fibroids while preserving the uterus.  This is a fertility-preserving, advanced laparoscopic myomectomy procedure that removes both small and large fibroids for women of childbearing age. This powerful procedure allows for the removal of as many fibroids as an open procedure – including fibroids deep in the muscle – without any large incisions, hospital stays or long recoveries.

The technique of LAAM is truly unequaled in its ability to remove fibroids from the uterus at any location, any size, and any number with the smallest incisions and fastest recovery possible.  The safety of LAAM has been proven in published data to allow patients to undergo this procedure in an outpatient setting that affords more convenience, much higher patient satisfaction, and at much lower cost than the hospital.  

LAAM is rarely, if ever, converted to an open procedure, and has the ability to remove the deepest fibroids in the uterus – the ones that increase infertility rates. Robotic and standard laparoscopic procedures often leave fibroids in place when located deeper in the uterus, and have a much higher conversion rate to open procedures than LAAM.  

The following chart compares LAAM to Standard, Robotic, and Open procedures. For more information about LAAM, how it works, publications, and results VISIT OUR LAAM FIBROIDS PAGE.