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- Title
Percutaneous High Frequency Microwave Ablation of Uterine Fibroids: Systematic Review.
- Authors
Ierardi, Anna Maria; Savasi, Valeria; Angileri, Salvatore Alessio; Petrillo, Mario; Sbaraini, Sara; Pinto, Antonio; Hanozet, Francesco; Marconi, Anna Maria; Carrafiello, Gianpaolo
- Abstract
Uterine fibroids are the most common benign pelvic tumor of the female genital tract and tend to increase with age; they cause menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pressure symptoms, back pain, and subfertility. Currently, the management is based mainly on medical or surgical approaches. The nonsurgical and minimally invasive therapies are emerging approaches that to the state of the art include uterine artery embolization (UAE), image-guided thermal ablation techniques like magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) or radiofrequency ablation (RF), and percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA). The purpose of the present review is to describe feasibility results and safety of PMWA according to largest studies available in current literature. Moreover technical aspects of the procedure were analyzed providing important data on large scale about potential efficacy of PMWA in clinical setting. However larger studies with international registries and randomized, prospective trials are still needed to better demonstrate the expanding benefits of PMWA in the management of uterine fibroids.
- Subjects
MICROWAVES; UTERINE tumors; MEDLINE; ONLINE information services; PATIENT safety; UTERINE fibroids; SYSTEMATIC reviews; TREATMENT effectiveness; ABLATION techniques; TUMOR treatment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2018, Vol 2018, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2018/2360107