CORPUS CHRISTI — About 200,000 women have their uterus removed every year due to severe symptoms and one in four women of reproductive age suffer from fibroids. Caroline — who asked us not to mention ...

Robert Worthington-Kirsch, MD, Image-Guided Surgery Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, discussed the evaluation of vascular anatomy, technical considerations, and the use of embolic agents for ...

Mar. 24 -- TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Uterine artery embolization is an effective, non-surgical therapy for fibroids, even after a woman has had other treatments such as focused ultrasound ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, one in three women undergoes hysterectomy by age 60 years, according to the CDC. Previous ...

April 4, 2005 (New Orleans) -- Results of a long-term study of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) indicate that the procedure is durable, with safety and efficacy comparable to myomectomy, said lead ...

This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Many women experience things like bloating, pelvic pain and pressure, constipation or very heavy periods and may not know the cause.

The article in The Journal regarding uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is a great option for fibroids that plague women of all ages. If you have fibroids, they can cause pain, constipation, pain with ...

"The first surprise was the precision and effectiveness of embolization on the possibility of devascularizing a large number of fibroids and the ability of the uterus to heal favorably as well as the ...

Symptomatic fibroids are treated traditionally by hysterectomy or myomectomy. However, in recent years uterine artery embolization has come to the fore as a successful alternative to surgical ...

Uterine fibroid embolization may be an effective, less invasive option than myomectomy in helping women with uterine fibroids get pregnant, according to findings recently published in Radiology.

A nonsurgical approach for treating uterine fibroids is being used at Cayuga Medical Center with a high success rate for relieving the pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and pelvic pressure that the ...