Percutaneous microwave ablation of uterine fibroids: correlation between shrinkage and trend symptoms.
Uterine fibroid
percutaneous ablation
quality of life
symptoms
uterine leiomyoma
Journal
Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy
ISSN: 1365-2931
Titre abrégé: Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9612996
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
26
9
2019
medline:
5
3
2021
entrez:
26
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To assess a correlation between the shrinkage of the fibroid and the course of the symptoms. Fourteen patients with symptomatic uterine leiomyomas (mean fibroid volume: 111.45 cm All patients were treated, no complications occurred. During a mean MR follow-up of 8.1 months we observed shrinkage of the fibroids in all patients (mean 70.3 cm Uterine fibroids percutaneous microwave ablation is a safe tool to obtain a significant improvement in quality of life for all the patients of our cohort.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31553249
doi: 10.1080/13645706.2019.1668417
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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