Uterine Fibroid Embolization

10 Advantages of Embolization

Here are of 10 benefits of embolization:

1. It’s safe. At least a million women, worldwide, have been successfully treated
2. It’s simple. Most procedures take about half an hour
3. It’s cost effective. No lengthy hospital stays or the fees that come with them
4. Symptom relief is immediate. Pain during sex, pelvic pain, heavy bleeding, anemia, fatigue will end with embolization
5. No hospital stay. This is an out-patient treatment
6. No cutting. With embolization, there are no scalpels, sutures or scarring
7. No ‘going under’. You won’t be exposed to the risks of general anesthetic
8. Less downtime. Most patients return to work in a matter of days
9. No recurrence. Fibroids don’t return, as they often do with surgeries like myomectomy
10. Keep your fertility. There’s no trauma to, or removal of, the uterus

Keep your fertility

If you’re interested in having children, fibroid embolization makes good sense. A hysterectomy obviously ends any chance of getting pregnant. Fibroid surgeries like myomectomy may cause uterine scarring and impact the ability conceive. 50% of all myomectomy patients experience fibroid regrowth. The window for having a fibroid-free uterus, optimal for pregnancy, is often less than a year.

One of the benefits of embolization is that this fibroid treatment preserves fertility. It won’t interfere with the womb or remove any of its tissue. There’s no fibroid re-growth, so you can get pregnant when you are ready, rather than racing against a fibroid re-occurrence.

Fibroid embolization means that patients of child-bearing age who want to conceive, generally can. Over 80 women in our practice have had normal pregnancies and healthy babies following this procedure.

Hear from patients who had children after embolization…