title: Successful MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Uterine Fibroid Treatment Despite an Ostomy and Significant Abdominal Wall Scarring.
abstract: We present a case of successful magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of a uterine fibroid in a patient with extensive anterior abdominal wall surgical scars from two longitudinal laparotomies, a total colectomy and ileostomy. This case demonstrates that MRgFUS can be safely used in patients with an ostomy and significant abdominal wall scarring, but careful pretreatment planning and positioning during treatment is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 45 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Machtinger
authors.forename: Clare M C
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tempany
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanan Roddy
authors.forename: Fiona M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fennessy