title: Expanding treatment options for women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomas: timely medical breakthroughs.
abstract: Only during the last decade has there been a flourishing of alternative treatment options to major surgery for the management of symptomatic uterine leiomyoma. In addition to currently available minimally invasive surgical interventions, such as endometrial ablation techniques, radiologic interventions with uterine artery embolization and focused ultrasound surgery are welcome treatment options, despite the lack of long-term efficacy data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1977, USA. glora.bachmann@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bachmann
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*