The facts about fibroids
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 94 (3) , 129-137
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1993.11945710
Abstract
Uterine fibroids develop in more than half of all women and are the most common indication for major surgery in women. How do these tumors present, and what diagnostic techniques are useful? What are the latest developments in medical treatment? When is surgery indicated? Dr Christiansen answers these and other questions in this review.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A randomized trial evaluating leuprolide acetate before hysterectomy as treatment for leiomyomasAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1991
- Treatment of uterine leiomyomata with a luteinizing hormonereleasing hormone agonist: the possibility of nonsurgical management in selected perimenopausal womenFertility and Sterility, 1991