Why was this study done? Few studies have explored the utility of medical interventions in the management of uterine fibriods. A 2011 report by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality [1] concluded that the literature examining the effectiveness of treatment strategies was scanty. Gonadotropinreleasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, such as leuprolide acetate, have shown promise in the suppres...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of MRI- and CT-guided interventional therapies on uterine fibroids. METHODS A total of 280 patients with uterine fibroids who were treated in our hospital from August 2008 to February 2014 were selected and divided into a treatment group and a control group by random draw (n=140). The control group and the treatment group were subjected to CT- and MRI-guided i...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Uterine leiomyomas are the most common gynecological benign tumor and greatly affect reproductive health and well-being. The pathophysiology and epidemiology of fibroids are poorly understood. Obesity and elevated blood pressure have been reported to be predisposing factors. In this study, we investigated whether fibroids are associated with some criteria of the metabolic syndro...

Laparoscopic, ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new, FDA-cleared uterine sparing, outpatient procedure for uterine fibroids. The procedure utilizes recent technological advancements in instrumentation and imaging, allowing surgeons to treat numerous fibroids of varying size and location in a minimally invasive fashion. Early and mid-term data from multi-center clinical trials...

Uterine fibroids are the most common uterine neoplasm of uterus and the female pelvis and the most common indication for hysterectomy worldwide. When the fibroid is large and fills the whole pelvis or is pedunculated, it becomes difficult to differentiate from ovarian mass clinically. Cervical fibroids pose enormous surgical difficulty by virtue of their relative inaccessibility and proximity t...

Our objective was to evaluate the role of echoplanar diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps in the assessment of response of uterine fibroids and myometrium to uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). We evaluated 32 fibroids in 11 patients treated with UFE. Treated lesions had low ADC values compared to untreated lesions. Furthermore, ADC values of the myomet...

Uterine fibroids are a common disease in women and lead to different symptoms, like pain and bleeding disorders. Apart from surgical treatment, there are many medical treatment options, which are presented in this article. Combined oral contraceptives and Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine systems are possible options for bleeding disorders that are a consequence of uterine fibroids. Gonadot...

Uterine fibroids, the most common benign gynaecological tumours in women of reproductive age, impact negatively on women’s health and quality of life and have significant cost implications for their management. The current mainstay treatments are surgical or radiological but none of these are ideal for every woman. Ulipristal acetate is a selective progesterone receptor modulatore which has sho...

Uterine fibroids may be encountered with pregnancy and many obstetricians will inevitably confront the dilemma of how best to manage fibroids causing complications in a gravid uterus. We describe two cases of unavoidable caesarean myomectomy and myomectomy performed for the management of complications during pregnancy.

Uterine fibroids are considered one of the most common benign tumors reproductive system. This disease ranks second (20–50 %) among causes hospitalization in gynecological hospitals.
 The aim study is to evaluate effect homocysteine levels on state uterine fibroids.
 Materials and Methods. involved 112 women: 60 with 52 without fibroids. General clinical, biochemical, ultrasound, stat...