title: [Operative and interventional therapy of fibroids].
abstract: Myomas are the most frequent benign, solid tumours of the female genital tract in women of reproductive age. These tumours are estrogen dependent and their incidence rises with increasing age. A large number are asymptomatic, while others often cause bleeding disturbances or displacement complaints. Increasingly more women with uterus myomatosus desire to have children at a later age. In addition, progressively more women with myoma conditional complaints who have finished their family planning wish to retain their uterus. While the trend towards preserving organs has increased with the spread of minimal-invasive endoscopic techniques, minimal invasive radiological and non-invasive techniques are still searching for a place in the wide spectrum of treatment available today.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Kiel. schollmeyer@email.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schollmeyer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meinhold-Heerlein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Venhoff
authors.lastname: St Müller-Hülsbeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011247:Pregnancy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*