Journals / Medicine Science / 2016 / Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 0

Current Treatment Approaches of Uterine Fibroids

Pages
174–183
DOI
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Abstract

Myoma uteri are the most common benign uterine tumors among women of reproductive age . These benign tumors are a public health problem worldwide. There are many options for the treatment of uterine myoma. Place in medical treatment of uterine myoma treatment is limited due to side effects and drug costs. Medical treatment is usually used temporary in the form of before surgery. Surgical treatment of uterine myoma should be individualized according to patient age, size and location of myoma. Treatment with interventional radiological methods of uterine myoma is not common for the moment. Such as the lack of risk associated with surgery, shorter time to return to normal life is advantages of interventional radiological methods.