Transvaginal radiofrequency ablation: a therapeutic option for managing symptomatic uterine fibroids in women with reproductive desires.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether transvaginal radiofrequency (RF) ablation of fibroids is a technique that can be offered to women with reproductive desires.

Design

Unicentric, prospective, observational study.

Setting

University Hospital.

Patients

Twenty-seven individuals who desired to become mothers after undergoing RF ablation for symptomatic fibroids.

Interventions

Transvaginal RF ablation for symptomatic fibroids with a maximum total volume of 145 cm³.

Main outcome measures

The reduction in the size of the fibroids, improvement of symptoms, and reproductive outcomes during the 24 months after the ablation. For patients who achieved pregnancy, we assessed the type of conception, course of gestation, type of delivery, neonatal outcomes

SUBMITTER: Marin Martinez ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456661 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature