Abstract

NON-SURGICAL APPROACH FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS: A FUTURE PROSPECTIVE

Harshita Pant and Priyanka Bhandari

Abstract

Uterine fibroids are also known as leiomyomas. Leio means smooth, Myo means muscle and Mas means tumour. When these are combined, a smooth muscle tumour is formed. The fibroids are balls of flesh formed in the muscles of your uterus. It is not cancer; it can be found in 70-80% of women up to the age of 50. These fibroids can range in size from a small mustard seed to a very large tumour. But in uterus benign is also dangerous because it directly affects the pregnancy and child birth. A fibroid can cause abnormal bleeding pelvic pressure, bowel disfunction, low back pain, constipation, urinary frequency. Uterine leiomyomata are the direct cause of a significant health – care burden for woman, their families, and society as a whole. Because of the long experience with the mode of treatment, surgical myomectomy remains the gold standard for treating reproductive – age women; however, in the recent years, the wide evolution of less invasive approaches led to a change in the options used by the clinician to treat symptomatic fibroids. Minimally invasive procedures such as uterine artery emoblisation are increasingly used to treat symptomatic fibroids.

Keywords: Fibroids, Smooth Muscles, Tumour.