ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2014
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids - Potential Impact on Fertility and Pregnancy Outcome.
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- What predicts durable symptom relief of uterine fibroids treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound? A multicenter trial in 8 academic centers.European radiology · 2023Trial
- Advances and Challenges in Minimally Invasive Myomectomy: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- An Updated Review of Thermal Ablation Technology for Uterine Fibroids and Adenomyosis: Focusing on Protecting Fertility.International journal of women's health · 2024Review
- Review of Robot-Assisted HIFU Therapy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Ultrasonic Enhancement of Chondrogenesis in Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Bolt-Clamped Langevin Transducers.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MRI for predicting the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Comparison of computer simulations and clinical treatment results of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of uterine fibroids.Medical physics · 2022Article
- Should Ultrasound-Guided High Frequency Focused Ultrasound Be Considered as an Alternative Non-Surgical Treatment of Uterine Fibroids in Non-Asiatic Countries? An Opinion Paper.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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- The INTEGRITY Trial: Preservation of Uterine-Wall Integrity 12 Months After Transcervical Fibroid Ablation with the Sonata System.Journal of gynecologic surgery · 2019Article
- A tissue preparation to characterize uterine fibroid tissue properties for thermal therapies.Medical physics · 2019Article
- Pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous women after ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids: A single-central retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Uterine fibroid therapy using interventional radiology mini-invasive treatments: current perspective.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2017Review
- A New Paradigm for Uterine Fibroid Treatment: Transcervical, Intrauterine Sonography-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Fibroids with the Sonata System.Current obstetrics and gynecology reports · 2017Review
- High-intensity focused ultrasound combined with hysteroscopic resection to treat retained placenta accreta.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2016Article
- Effects of High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound Treatment on Benign Uterine Tumor.Journal of Korean medical science · 2016Article
- Three cases of complications after high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment in unmarried women.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2015Article
- Fertility and Pregnancy Outcome after Myoma Enucleation by Minilaparotomy under Microsurgical Conditions in Pronounced Uterus Myomatosus.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2015Article
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Abstract
Laparoscopic myomectomy is regarded as the gold standard for women with symptomatic fibroids who wish to become pregnant. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU or MRgFUS) ablation of uterine fibroids is also being discussed as a non-surgical, minimally invasive, therapeutic option. This review examines the available data on the impact of HIFU/MRgFUS on fertility and pregnancy, focusing particularly on potential direct side-effects of this type of intervention on ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus and potential late effects on pregnancy and birth, based on the current literature. All pregnancies after HIFU/MRgFUS published to date (around 100 cases) were evaluated. The published case series suggest that HIFU/MRgFUS ablation has no impact on the rate of miscarriages or other obstetrical outcome parameters. Because no prospective studies exist which permit firm conclusions to be drawn on the impact of HIFU/MRgFUS on fertility and pregnancy outcome in women with symptomatic fibroids, this approach is currently only recommended for women with suspected fertility problems due to uterine fibroids who either decline surgery or who have an unacceptably high surgical risk.
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