{"title":"Modern management of fibroids","authors":"Miriam N. Baumgarten, Lukasz T. Polanski","doi":"10.1016/j.ogrm.2023.07.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fibroids are uterine smooth muscle tumours<span><span> which are commonly found. They can vary in their number, location and size. Depending on the location and the size, fibroids can be symptomatic. Symptoms include menstrual dysfunction, pressure or </span>subfertility<span><span>. The treatment<span> strategies will depend on the patient's characteristics<span>, of which the most important is the wish to preserve the uterus. In this review all treatment modalities will be discussed with their risks. Clinicians need to be aware of the very rare risk of these benign tumours developing into </span></span></span>malignancy.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":53410,"journal":{"name":"Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751721423001136","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Fibroids are uterine smooth muscle tumours which are commonly found. They can vary in their number, location and size. Depending on the location and the size, fibroids can be symptomatic. Symptoms include menstrual dysfunction, pressure or subfertility. The treatment strategies will depend on the patient's characteristics, of which the most important is the wish to preserve the uterus. In this review all treatment modalities will be discussed with their risks. Clinicians need to be aware of the very rare risk of these benign tumours developing into malignancy.
期刊介绍:
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine is an authoritative and comprehensive resource that provides all obstetricians, gynaecologists and specialists in reproductive medicine with up-to-date reviews on all aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology. Over a 3-year cycle of 36 issues, the emphasis of the journal is on the clear and concise presentation of information of direct clinical relevance to specialists in the field and candidates studying for MRCOG Part II. Each issue contains review articles on obstetric and gynaecological topics. The journal is invaluable for obstetricians, gynaecologists and reproductive medicine specialists, in their role as trainers of MRCOG candidates and in keeping up to date across the broad span of the subject area.