2.1. Study Design
blood loss
BLOOD LOSS, EMERGENCY
This research article was designed as a single-center, prospective randomized study, following the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines [To evaluate the impact of performing a concomitant tourniquet placement during a laparoscopic myomectomy (LM), 60 patients were randomly allocated to one of two groups: 30 patients who underwent an LM with a tourniquet placement (TLM) and 30 patients who benefited from a standard LM (SLM). We measured the hemoglobin levels preoperatively and 24 h after surgery to evaluate the efficiency of a uterine isthmus tourniquet in minimizing blood loss. Randomization was performed via an alternative selection of procedure, regardless of patient demographic characteristics, respectively, with one patient for the TLM group and one patient for the SLM group.This study was conducted after receiving permission from the Human Ethical Committee of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timişoara, Romania (Nr. 74 /28.06.2021) in accordance with ethical standards. It was conducted between the 1 January 2018 and the 31 December 2020 at the Municipal Emergency Clinical Hospital, Timisoara, Romania. Informed consent was obtained by the author from each patient in this study.