Given the morbidity associated with hysterectomy, less-invasive options for treating symptomatic uterine fibroids are appealing ... imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound for the treatment ...

Further study is necessary to determine the safety of uterine artery embolization and magnetic resonance-focused ultrasound surgery in patients with fibroids desiring future fertility. The precise ...

The cause of fibroids is not known. Most fibroids occur in women of reproductive age. The hormones estrogen and progesterone appear to play a role in their growth. Ultrasound. To confirm diagnosis and ...

Kullervo Hynynen and colleagues have refined an image-guided technique known as MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which is presently used to thermally ablate uterine fibroids by means of ...