Ultrasound is an innovative mode for genuinely non-invasive treatment of fibroids. Under MRI guidance, sound waves are passed into the body and focused into the fibroid to heat and coagulate the tissues. The procedure is gaining wide acceptance because of the ease of use, exemplary safety and minimal disruption in the patients’ daily routine. This is a day-care surgery, where the patient reports to the clinic for the procedure, undergoes the procedure and is able to walk out and go home after the procedure. The patient is able to go back to her regular routine within the next 24 hours, and the symptomatic relief obtained with this procedure is comparable to that following a myomectomy in the long term (Elizabeth A Stewart et al, Obstet Gynecol 2007;110:279-87).
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