Asymptomatic uterine fibroids

H Divakar - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2008 - Elsevier
It is estimated that at least 50% of fibroids are asymptomatic, but this figure is likely to be an
underestimate as it is based on women in whom fibroids are found incidentally during …

Uterine fibroids associated with infertility

K Van Heertum, L Barmat - Women's Health, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the contributory role of uterine
fibroids to infertility. The prevalence of these tumors increases with age, which becomes …

2 Clinical presentation of uterine fibroids

MA Lumsden, EM Wallace - Baillière's clinical obstetrics and gynaecology, 1998 - Elsevier
It is often accepted that fibroids cause a variety of female reproductive problems, such as
menorrhagia, pain, infertility, pregnancy loss and pregnancy complications. Understandably …

Uterine fibroids: impact on fertility and pregnancy loss

N Mukhopadhaya, GP Asante, IT Manyonda - Obstetrics, Gynaecology & …, 2007 - Elsevier
Uterine fibroids are the most common tumours of the female genital tract. Depending on their
number, location and size, they may distort uterine anatomy and can adversely affect uterine …

Pregnancy outcome and uterine fibroids

F Parazzini, L Tozzi, S Bianchi - Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Fibroids increase the risk of several obstetric diseases/conditions twice as high
as that in the general population.•Submucous fibroids have the greatest negative impact on …

Dealing with uterine fibroids in reproductive medicine

P Gambadauro - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Women who wish to conceive are nowadays more likely to present with uterine fibroids,
mainly because of the delay in childbearing in our society. The relationship between uterine …

Modern management of uterine fibroids

BS Levy - Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor of the reproductive tract in women of
reproductive age. Although they are benign tumors that are often asymptomatic, uterine …

Uterine fibroid management: from the present to the future

J Donnez, MM Dolmans - Human reproduction update, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Uterine fibroids (also known as leiomyomas or myomas) are the most common form of
benign uterine tumors. Clinical presentations include abnormal bleeding, pelvic masses …

[HTML][HTML] Fibroids (uterine myomatosis, leiomyomas)

A Lethaby, B Vollenhoven - BMJ clinical evidence, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Five studies were included. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of
evidence for interventions. Conclusions In this systematic review we present information …

Clinical presentation of fibroids

S Gupta, J Jose, I Manyonda - Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Uterine fibroids, the most common tumours in women of reproductive age, are asymptomatic
in at least 50% of afflicted women. However, in other women, they cause significant …