Alternative to Hysterectomy for fibroids

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Women's Health Alert

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Septmeber 4, 2007

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How to avoid a hysterectomy - and other invasive procedures

If you have severe abdominal and leg pain, excessive menstrual bleeding, and

bloating, they could be caused by uterine fibroids. And while these tumors

aren't cancerous, they can be uncomfortable enough for you to opt for surgery

or other invasive procedures. This isn't necessary any more.

There's a new, noninvasive technique called magnetic resonance imaging

guided focused ultrasound surgery - or MRgFUS. It's an FDA-approved outpatient

treatment that's covered by many insurance programs. It shrinks the tumors and

they don't tend to grow back.

Uterine fibroids generally stop growing at menopause. But some

post-menopausal women still produce enough estrogen and suffer from fibroids.

If you can

control them until a lack of hormones kicks in, you can avoid having invasive

procedures. These include hysterectomy, laparoscopic surgery, or uterine

artery embolization (plugging up the arteries that supply blood to the

fibroids).

A hysterectomy offers a permanent solution to fibroids' symptoms, but the

other techniques don't. And up to one-third of women who have their tumors

removed or have embolization are often surprised and dismayed to discover that

there is a high incidence of tumor regrowth. This means going through the same

invasive treatments ... again.

With MRgFUS, doctors use MRI images to identify the size and location of the

tumors. Then, focused ultrasound, high-energy sound waves are pointed at the

fibroids. Heat causes the blood supply to coagulate, which destroys the

unwanted growths and leaves healthy tissues alone. And the tumors don't come

back.

This new procedure is available at the Mayo Clinic and other facilities. For

the latest information on this treatment and where you can get it, go to

_www.uterine-fibroids.org_

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Your voice of reason in women's health,

Dr. Nan

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