Transcervical radiofrequency ablation is a potential minimally invasive alternative for the treatment of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids, new research suggests. In the 22 ...

It's estimated that 26 million women between the ages of 15 and 50 have uterine fibroids - benign tumors that grow on the wall of the uterus and can be as small as a pea or larger than a grapefruit.

Women who underwent radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids had similar rates of full-term pregnancy, vaginal delivery and miscarriage as observed with myomectomy, researchers reported in ...

In this Woman's Doctor segment, a new way to treat uterine fibroids. Fibroids are benign muscle cells, and they can grow as large as a melon and be quite painful.

About 11 million women in the U.S. are currently diagnosed with uterine fibroids, while 3.7 million undiagnosed women report having symptoms suggestive of uterine fibroids, according to medical tech ...

The new code is effective January 1, 2024, and is defined as CPT 58580 Transcervical ablation of uterine fibroid(s), including intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring, radiofrequency.

A uterine fibroid embolization, also ... Radiofrequency ablation is a laparoscopic fibroid treatment involving two small incisions in which “high-intensity focused ultrasound can be used to ...

One method of vanquishing uterine fibroids, power morcellation, is under close scrutiny from the FDA and insurers. That involves the internal cutting of the uterus--and the fibroids within it--in ...

We don't talk nearly enough about uterine fibroids, which affect millions of women across the US. So today, I'm introducing legislation to fund uterine fibroid research and education so women get ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow in or on your uterus, or womb. Fibroids aren’t cancerous and hardly ever turn into cancer. They're made of smooth muscle cells and other tissue that grows ...

Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that develop inside a woman’s uterus, and up to 70 percent of all women will have uterine fibroids in their lifetime. Scientists aren’t sure exactly what ...