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Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids
Alessandro NapoliMassimo MidiriCesare GagliardoCarlo CatalanoLaura Geracisubject
lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicineInfertilitymedicine.medical_specialtyUterine fibroidslcsh:R895-920Case Report030218 nuclear medicine & medical imagingBenign tumor03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineMedicineVolume reductionmedicine.diagnostic_testUrinary symptomsbusiness.industryPelvic painMagnetic resonance imagingGeneral MedicineFocused ultrasound surgerymedicine.diseasefemale genital diseases and pregnancy complicationsSurgery030220 oncology & carcinogenesisRadiologymedicine.symptomMagnetic Resonance Imaging Interventional - Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) - High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound - Ablation Techniques - Uterine Fibroids - Fertility Preservation - Uterus Sparing TreatmentSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E Radioterapiabusinessdescription
Uterine fibroids, the most common benign tumor in women of childbearing age, may cause symptoms including pelvic pain, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, pressure, urinary symptoms, and infertility. Various approaches are available to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) represents a recently introduced noninvasive safe and effective technique that can be performed without general anesthesia, in an outpatient setting. We review the principles of MRgFUS, describing patient selection criteria for the treatments performed at our center and we present a series of five selected patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids treated with this not yet widely known technique, showing its efficacy in symptom improvement and fibroid volume reduction.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-01 | Case Reports in Radiology |