The aim of the study was to analyze the criteria of qualifying patients to laparoscopic myomectomy. This was a retrospective study of 222 women who underwent myomectomy in the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jagiellonian University Hospital, between January 1992 and December 2000. In the laparoscopic group, subserosal myomas, less than 50 mm in diameter were mainly removed, while in the open group – intramular myomas, larger than 70 mm in diameter. Patients with a history of infertility, preoperative uterine size at the most 10 gestational weeks equivalent in gynaecological examination, and 1 to 3, subserosal myomas, at the most 50 mm in diameter found in ultrasound examination should be qualified to laparoscopic myomectomy. If these criteria are kept, the laparoscopic myomectomy will be a safe and effective procedure.