Uterine Fibroids
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Women treated by TFA with the Sonata System for symptomatic uterine fibroids reported durable improvements in generic and fibroid-specific QOL, as well as clinically meaningful increases in QALYs over 3 years. Clinical Trials.gov ID: NCT02228174. (J GYNECOL SURG 38:143)


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Myomectomy during pregnancy; diagnostical dilemmas: two case reports and a systematic review of the literature - PubMed

Myomectomy during pregnancy; diagnostical dilemmas: two case reports and a systematic review of the literature - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35264054/

Myomectomy in pregnancy, until this day, remains very controversial. We present two cases of successful antepartum myomectomies performed in the second trimester of gestation. In both cases, the initial suspected...


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Myomectomy in pregnancy, until this day, remains very controversial. We present two cases of successful antepartum myomectomies performed in the second trimester of gestation. In both cases, the initial suspected origin of these tumours was the ovaries.


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The Burden of Uterine Fibroids from the Perspective of US Women Participating in Open-Ended Interviews - PubMed

The Burden of Uterine Fibroids from the Perspective of US Women Participating in Open-Ended Interviews - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35415708/

This study provides data on the symptoms experienced by women with HMB associated with UF, as well as the negative impacts of these symptoms as reported using their own words....


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This study provides data on the symptoms experienced by women with HMB associated with UF, as well as the negative impacts of these symptoms as reported using their own words. The study findings confirm the significant burden associated with symptomatic UF.

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Uterine artery embolisation versus myomectomy for premenopausal women with uterine fibroids wishing to avoid hysterectomy: the FEMME RCT

Source : https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/ZDEG6110

This trial found that myomectomy resulted in greater improvement in quality of life at two years compared with uterine artery embolisation for women with uterine fibroids and at lower cost....


Conclusions: Among women with symptomatic uterine fibroids, myomectomy resulted in greater improvement in quality of life than did uterine artery embolisation. The differences in costs and quality-adjusted life-years are very small. Future research should involve women who are desiring pregnancy.


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Upper Cervical Leiomyoma in an Adolescent Male - PubMed

Upper Cervical Leiomyoma in an Adolescent Male - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35611275/

doi: 10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i01.2594. 1 Department of Orthopaedics, D.Y. Patil University- School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai, Maharash-tra, India. 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India....


Conclusion: Leiomyomas in the upper cervical spine is extremely rare in adolescent immunocom-petent male.