Uterine fibroids are the most common tumors of the female reproductive tract. Although most fibroids are asymptomatic, about 25% are associated with symptoms that can have a significant impact on patient's quality of life, including prolonged or excessive menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain or bulkiness, dyspareunia, increased urinary frequency, and infertility. Various treatment options available ...

Uterine fibroids are often found in women of reproductive age. Different types of fibroids may affect reproductive outcome to a different extent, with submucous, intramural and subserosal fibroids being (in decreasing order of importance) a cause of infertility and pregnancy wastage. Fibroids may also produce a number of complications during pregnancy. Women who are scheduled for assisted conce...

Uterine fibroid or fibromyoma is a very common benign human tumor and the most frequent tumor in the woman’s reproductive system. Uterine fibroids affect millions of women across the world and they are still the most commonly surgically treated. In Romania too, uterine fibroid is the most common reason for hysterectomy, about 60% of cases have this diagnosis preoperatively established. Uterine ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of endometrial polyps in patients with uterine fibroids and associated factors of coexistence of these two pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 772 patients who underwent hysterectomy because of uterine fibroids were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of...

518 JCOM September 2006 Vol. 13, No. 9 www.turner-white.com Uterine fibroids are the most common tumors of the female reproductive tract. These benign tumors occur in approximately 20% to 25% of women of childbearing age, with increased prevalence rates of over 50% among African-American women [1]. Fibroids may vary in size, from microscopic to larger than a basketball, with many women having m...

BACKGROUND Uterine fibroids often require a hysterectomy or myomectomy via laparotomy or laparoscopy. Morcellation is often necessary to perform a laparoscopic surgery. The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of unexpected uterine sarcomas (UUSs) after hysterectomy and myomectomy for uterine fibroids and to reduce the occurrence and avoid the morcellation of UUSs by analyzing ...

background: increasing serum levels of uric acid (sua) after menopause in women brought up a hypothesis that estrogenic effect may protectively regulate sua. estrogenic effect is a major etiology of uterine fibroids and fibrocystic breast disease. the study aimed to explore sua among patients suffering from these diseases to enhance the hypothesis. methods: overall , 1349 female participants we...

Uterine fibroids are benign uterine tumors. In women during the reproductive period, uterine fibroids occur in about 25%, whereas after this time, they are observed in more than 40% of women. In the majority of women (about 20-50%), such tumors do not cause discomfort and do not require treatment. Asymptomatic uterine fibroids usually undergo only regular medical control, whereas symptomatic fi...

BACKGROUND Transcatheter uterine artery embolisation (UAE) for the treatment of symptomatic fibroids has been performed in several centres in the United States, Western Europe and Asia with promising results. This study reports the authors' experience with UAE at the University Malaya Medical Centre. METHOD Fifty women with symptomatic uterine fibroids who declined surgery were treated by tra...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of anemia, pelvic pain and heavy vaginal bleeding among symptomatic women with and without submucosal fibroids who presented for uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), and to determine if uterine weight was related to patient reports of heavy bleeding and pelvic pain. STUDY DESIGN A case series study was performed that reviewed the ambulatory medical records ...