Prevalence and Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids

 

Marsh EE, Al-Hendy A, Kappus D, Galitsky A, Stewart EA, and Kerolous M (2018) Burden, Prevalence, and Treatment of Uterine Fibroids: A Survey of U.S. Women, Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1359-1367, accessible at https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/jwh.2018.7076. 

 

Zimmermann A, Bernuit D, Gerlinger C, Schaefers M, and Geppert K (2012) Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21746 women, BMC Women's Health, Volume 12, Article, Number 6, pp. 1-11, accessible at 

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6874-12-6. 

 

Fuldeore MJ, and Soliman AM (2017) Patient-reported prevalence and symptomatic burden of uterine fibroids among women in the United States: findings from a cross-sectional survey analysis, International Journal of Women's Health, Volume 9, pp. 403—411, accessible at: https://www.dovepress.com/patient-reported-prevalence-and-symptomatic-burden-of-uterine-fibroids-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJWH.

 

Stewart EA, Cookson CL, Gandolfo RA, and Schulze-Rath R (2017) Epidemiology of uterine fibroids: a systematic review, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Volume 124, Issue 10, pp. 1501-1512, accessible at: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.14640.

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MRI-guided focussed Ultrasound

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Fischer K, McDannold NJ, Tempany CM, Jolesz FA, and Fennessy FM (2015) Potential of minimally invasive procedures in the treatment of uterine fibroids: a focus on magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound therapy, International Journal of Womens' Health, 7: 901–912, accessible at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4654554/. 

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Radio Frequency Ablation

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Lee BB and Yu SP (2016) Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Fibroids: a Review, Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports, 5(4): 318–324,

accessed at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114324/. 

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Laparoscopic Cryomyolysis

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Exacoustos C, Zupi E, Marconi D, Romanini ME, Szabolcs B, Piredda A, Arduini D (2005) Ultrasound-assisted laparoscopic cryomyolysis: two- and three-dimensional findings before, during and after treatment, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25: 393-400, accessible at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/uog.1861. 

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Uterine Fibroid Embolization

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Young M, Coffey W, and Mikhail LN (2021) Uterine Fibroid Embolization, Stat Pearls Publishing, accessible at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519016/. 

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Laparoscopic Myomectomy

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Stoica RA, Bistriceanu I, Sima R, and Iordache N (2014) Laparoscopic myomectomy, Journal of Medicine and Life, 7(4): 522–524, accessible at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4316130/. 

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Hysterectomy

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Ottosen C, Lingman G, Ottosen L (2005) Methods for hysterectomy: a randomized, prospective study of short term outcome, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Volume 107, Issue 11, pp. 1380-1385, accessible at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11652.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmed.

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