Uterine leiomyoma: understanding the impact of symptoms on womens' lives

LGO Brito, MS Panobianco, MM Sabino-de-Freitas… - Reproductive health, 2014 - Springer
Background Most women report negative experience about the symptoms of uterine
leiomyoma (UL) in their lives, such as abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain. Many …

Disparities in fibroid incidence, prognosis, and management

SK Laughlin-Tommaso, VL Jacoby… - Obstetrics and …, 2017 - obgyn.theclinics.com
Disparities in Fibroid Incidence, Prognosis, and Management - Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Surgical management of leiomyomas for fertility or uterine preservation

T Falcone, WH Parker - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Leiomyomas are the most common pelvic tumors in women. These tumors are not always
symptomatic but can cause abnormal uterine bleeding and anemia, pelvic pressure and …

Diagnosis and management of uterine fibroids: current trends and future strategies

A Ahmad, M Kumar, NR Bhoi, J Akhtar… - Journal of basic and …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Uterine fibroids (UFs), leiomyomas or myomas, are a type of malignancy that affects the
smooth muscle of the uterus, and it is most commonly detected in women of reproductive …

Clinical symptomatology of uterine leiomyomas

DW Stovall - Clinical obstetrics and gynecology, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Leiomyomas are common, benign, pelvic tumors that are present in the uterus of both
premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Leiomyomas can be diagnosed during a …

Epidemiology and management of uterine fibroids

E Giuliani, S As‐Sanie, EE Marsh - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Uterine leiomyomas are one of the most common and yet understudied diseases in women.
These tumors, commonly known as fibroids, affect women mainly during their reproductive …

Moving toward individualized medicine for uterine leiomyomas

SK Laughlin-Tommaso, EA Stewart - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Uterine leiomyomas are common and life-altering for many women. Despite a wide range of
symptoms, varying characteristics of the uterus and the leiomyomas themselves, and many …

Outcomes from leiomyoma therapies: comparison with normal controls

JB Spies, LD Bradley, R Guido, GL Maxwell… - Obstetrics & …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To assess the severity of symptoms caused by uterine leiomyomas, their effect
on health-related quality of life, and the change after treatment compared with a normal …

Myomectomy

AA Luciano - Clinical obstetrics and gynecology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Uterine leiomyomas are common, monoclonal tumors affecting 25% to 45% of reproductive
age women. Although frequently asymptomatic, leiomyomas may cause heavy menstrual …

Leiomyoma: genetics, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and therapeutic advances

G Levy, MJ Hill, S Beall, SM Zarek, JH Segars… - Journal of assisted …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Uterine leiomyomas are common, benign, reproductive tract tumors affecting a
majority of reproductive aged women. They are associated with gynecologic morbidity and …