Fibroid Surgery - Surgical Option in Treating Uterine Fibroids

When uterine fibroids becomes worse and affects your life the only option left is to undergo treatment. There are a lot of ways to manage fibroids either through uterine artery embolization (UAE) or surgery. This procedure depends basically on the patients' age, symptoms and location of the fibroids.

UEA or uterine artery embolization is a process that uses small beads or substance called polyvinyl alcohols (PVA) which are injected through a catheter or tiny tube into the arteries and feed into the fibroids. The PVA hinder the blood supply to the fibroids and starve it from blood and oxygen. Women who have undergone UEA are said to have shorter stay in the hospital.

Fibroid surgery on the other hand is categorize in to two, each depending on what type or case of case a patient have.

First, myomectomy or fibroids removal is a surgical procedure that is done for those women who still wants to bear a child. Myomectomy is a process that eliminates only the fibroids without compromising the uterus; during the process the doctors will try to eliminate as many tumors as possible with a little incision. This procedure may take time depending on the number of fibroids to be removed.

Based on studies, women who had fibroids are likely to acquire them again. Fibroids are likely to come back after surgery in 10% to 50% of women, depending on the original fibroid problem. Fibroids that are bigger and more numerous are likely to recur and having a secondary myomectomy may would result to problems because the incision is not healed yet or the scar is not in its full recovery. A secondary myomectomy surgery could result to a bond of the unhealed scar and the secondary surgery and could lead to blockage of the organs, leaving the patient with no choice but to take the other type of surgery which is hysterectomy.

A Hysterectomy is the process of permanent removal of the uterus or womb, this procedure is done if fibroids re occur or causes more problems to the patients. The procedure totally removes fibroids but also has its disadvantages; women who undergo hysterectomy are deprived of having any chances of getting pregnant. Women who go through the process of a hysterectomy do not necessarily loss their period or automatically transition to menopause because the ovaries are still intact. Patients who experienced great pain, bleeding and organ malfunctions are likely to have this kind of surgery to avoid reccurrence or possible future problems.