Bookedited by Mostafa Metwally, Tin-Chiu Li.
Summary: "Uterine fibroids are a major cause of morbidity in women. Fibroids have variable clinical presentations, depending on size and location. These include pelvic pain (20 to 40% of patients), bleeding (30% of patients), and anemia. Fibroids are the leading cause of hysterectomy in the United States. Bleeding from fibroids generally presents as abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and often prolonged or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB). Fibroids that bleed are more frequently submucosal or extend into the endometrial cavity. Other problems 8 related to fibroids include problems with implantation, preterm labor, recurrent loss of pregnancy, obstruction of labor and urinary incontinence. Medical costs for patients with fibroids in the United States were estimated as $4.1 to $9.4 billion in 2010 US dollars"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Pathophysiology of uterine fibroids / Mohamed Otify & Hilary Critchley
Evaluation of uterine fibroids using two-dimensional and three dimensional ultrasonography / Sotirios Saravelos
Ulipristal and other medical treatments for the management of uterine fibroids / Mohamed Ali, Zunir Chaudhry & Ayman Al-Hendy
The role of MRI imaging in the management of fibroids / Lisa Shannon & Shahram Abdi
Fibroids and fertility / Tulay Karasu & Mostafa Metwally
Fibroids and reproduction / Elizabeth Pritts
Open myomectomy / T.C. Li & Jacqueline Chung
Instrumentation for laparoscopic and robotic myomectomy / Ahmed El-Minawi
Principles and techniques of laparoscopic myomectomy / Ephia Yasmin & Ertan Saridogan
Uterine fibroids : the morcellation debate / Jimmy Alvarez & Charles Miller
Total laparoscopic hysterectomy for fibroid uterus / Alpha Gebeh & Mostafa Metwally
Hysteroscopic resection of submucosal fibroids / Rudi Campo & Cristine Di Cesare
Intramural myoma and fertility / Dan Yu, T.C. Li & Enlan Xia
Outpatient myomectomy / Mary Connor
Vaginal hysterectomy with fibroids / Swati Jha
Leiomyosarcoma : implications for the treatment of fibroids / Elizabeth Pritts
MRI-guided ultrasound lysis of fibroids / Jessica Gelman & Charles Miller
Uterine fibroid embolization for the management of uterine fibroid / Mark Regi, Krit Dwivedi & Trevor Cleveland
Uterine fibroids in postmenopausal women / Mohamed Ali, Zunir Chaydhry & Ayman Al-Hendy.