title: Counselling patients with uterine fibroids: a review of the management and complications.
abstract: Fibroids are very common in Afro-Caribbean women. They can cause severe complications. The treatment modalities are not without risk and should be weighed against the complications of the fibroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica.
authors.forename: Donnette
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simms-Stewart
authors.forename: Horace
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fletcher