MRgFUS Uterine Fibroids treatments in Sicily: Preliminary Results and comparison of a Semi-Automatic and manual contouring

Background: Traditional surgery for uterine fibroids treatments (e.g. myomectomy, hysterectomy) offers very invasive therapeutic approaches, which not always preserve reproductive potential of the woman. MRgFUS (MR guided Focused UltraSound) is a new and non-invasive technique for uterine fibroids treatment, not requiring hospitalization and recovery time [1]. On June 2011 and July 2012 the first treatments were started at HSR-Giglio Hospital in Cefalù and at University Hospital (DIBIMEF) in Palermo. An initial assessment of MRgFUS treatment was made by computing the thermally-ablated volume of uterine fibroid. This volume was evaluated considering the NPV (Non Perfused Volume) on a post-t…