Pathogenesis and Management
edited by Ivo Brosens
Uterine Leiomyomas focuses on the contemporary management of fibroids.
Features:
- Only book to cover medical and surgical management of fibroids
- Common disorder [one in three women] - therefore seen by all gynecologists
- New medical therapies coming to the market
Contents
Basic Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Molecular pathogenesis
- Regulation of smooth muscle cell growth
- Gene expression and hormonal response
- Angiogenesis and vascular response
- Vascular structure
Clinical
- Clinical presentations and symptoms
- Impact on Reproductive Function
- Leiomyomata in pregnancy
- Leiomyomata and sarcoma
- Sonography
- MR imaging
- Office diagnosis of submucous leiomyomata
Therapeutic
- Hysterectomy
- Transabdominal myomectomy
- Transcervical resection
- Medical therapy
- The cost-effectiveness of treatments
New Develpments
- Uterine leiomyomata embolization
- Laparoscopic occlusion of uterine vessels
- High intgensity focused ultrasound
- Effectiveness of Asoprisnil in treating leiomyomata
Index
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