How to treat uterine fibroids? Are uterine fibroids benign tumors?

After a large number of clinical trials, hospital experts believe that using balloon embolization to treat uterine fibroids is not only safe and reliable, but also can avoid the pain caused by hysterectomy. At present, this new treatment technology has been decided to be vigorously promoted throughout the country.

In recent years, balloon embolization has been gradually used in the clinical treatment of intracranial aneurysms in neurosurgery, with ideal results. Inspired by this clinical experience, experts from the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology and radiology departments have collaborated to invent a balloon embolization method for the treatment of uterine fibroids. The key to this technology is to use a catheter to inject a synthetic inert balloon into the uterine artery. After these inert balloons enter the uterine artery, the uterine fibroids will absorb blood at the same time like a sponge, causing the fibroid's absorption blood vessels to be blocked by the balloons, and eventually suffocate to death.

According to French experts, this treatment process takes about an hour, the hospital stay is usually 3 days, and the recovery period is generally less than a week. Usually, 6 months after the patient receives treatment, the uterine fibroids will be completely necrotic. In addition to leaving a small scar on the uterine wall, the patient will not feel any discomfort. But they also emphasized that this treatment method is currently only suitable for ordinary uterine fibroids. For fibroids that are too large, they should be removed as appropriate.

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive organs. They are composed of muscle and fibrous tissue of the uterine wall. Some fibroids are so large that they cause infertility and bleeding in women, and a small number of them are even cancerous. At present, the medical community is still unclear about the cause of uterine fibroids. Research generally believes that it is directly related to hormone secretion.