Abstract Fibroids have long been labelled by clinicians as a factor resulting in adverse reproductive outcomes, from conception to parturition. However, despite the widespread belief that fibroids are a detriment…
Abstract Uterine fibroids (UFs), also known as leiomyomas or myomas, are the most common benign gynaecologic neoplasm in premenopausal women worldwide and estimated to occur in 7–8 women out of…
Abstract Intramural myomas, the most common type of uterine leiomyoma, develop within the uterine wall and expand either inwards or outwards. According to the FIGO [1] leiomyoma classification system, fibroid…
Abstract Magnetic-resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is the only truly non-invasive procedure for the treatment of uterine fibroids. In MRgFUS, high-frequency ultrasound beams target specific tissue, in this case fibroids,…
Abstract Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumour in premenopausal women, with a lifetime prevalence of almost 70% in Caucasian women and more than 80% in women of Afro-Caribbean…
Abstract Uterine fibroids remain the most common cause of hysterectomy. Myomectomy is performed far less than hysterectomy despite what Victor Bonney stated in 1931: ‘Since cure without deformity or loss…
Abstract One of the risks of electronic power morcellation, central to the morcellation debate, is the concern of spread of malignant uterine tissue. Uterine cancer is the most common gynaecologic…
Abstract The risk of finding an occult leiomyosarcoma (LMS) at surgery for presumed leiomyomas and subsequent outcomes for patients who have these tumours morcellated is a subject of conflict in…
Abstract Vaginal hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus through the vagina. The first reported vaginal hysterectomy, performed by Themison of Athens, dates back to 50 BC, and the…
Abstract Uterine fibroids or leiomyomas are the most common benign gynaecological tumours; up to 25–30% of women may be diagnosed with fibroids during their lifetime [1]. Women with uterine fibroids…
