Uterine fibroids

EA Stewart, SK Laughlin-Tommaso… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Uterine fibroids (also known as leiomyomas or myomas) are common clonal neoplasms of
the uterus. Fibroids have both smooth muscle and fibroblast components, in addition to a …

Uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroids

JK Gupta, A Sinha, MA Lumsden… - Cochrane Database of …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Uterine fibroids cause heavy prolonged bleeding, pain, pressure symptoms and
subfertility. The traditional method of treatment has been surgery as medical therapies have …

Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop+ 10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging

SD Harlow, M Gass, JE Hall, R Lobo… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The aim of this article is to summarize the recommended updates to the 2001
Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW) criteria. The 2011 STRAW+ 10 reviewed …

Uterine artery embolization vs hysterectomy in the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: 10-year outcomes from the randomized EMMY trial

AM de Bruijn, WM Ankum, JA Reekers, E Birnie… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Since 1995 uterine artery embolization has been described as an alternative for
hysterectomy in patients with symptomatic fibroids. Many studies including several …

The management of uterine fibroids in women with otherwise unexplained infertility

B Carranza-Mamane, J Havelock, R Hemmings… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To provide recommendations regarding the best management of fibroids in
couples who present with infertility. Usual and novel treatment options for fibroids will be …

Effect of hysterectomy with ovarian preservation on ovarian function

PG Moorman, ER Myers, JM Schildkraut… - Obstetrics & …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To prospectively estimate the risk for earlier ovarian failure among women
undergoing hysterectomy with ovarian preservation, as compared with women of similar age …

Anti-Müllerian hormone and ovarian dysfunction

FJ Broekmans, JA Visser, JSE Laven, SL Broer… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2008 - cell.com
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) has important roles in postnatal ovarian function. Produced
by ovarian granulosa cells, AMH is involved in initial follicle development. In fact, serum …

Management of poor responders in IVF: is there anything new?

F Ubaldi, A Vaiarelli, R D'Anna… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that in the last two decades an enormous number of papers on the topic of
poor ovarian response have been published in the literature, so far it has been impossible to …

The menopausal transition

JL Bacon - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, 2017 - obgyn.theclinics.com
Menopause occurs when the ovaries have complete (or near-complete) follicular
exhaustion, resulting in very low serum levels of estradiol and markedly increased follicle …

Uterine artery embolization for treatment of leiomyomata: long-term outcomes from the FIBROID Registry

SC Goodwin, JB Spies… - Obstetrics & …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term clinical outcomes of uterine artery embolization across a
wide variety of practice settings in a large patient cohort. METHODS: The Fibroid Registry for …