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Don’t Be Fooled by Fibroids: Treat Them Now at CIGC
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Think you can’t be fooled by fibroid facts?
What you don’t know about fibroids can hurt you — especially if you hope to get pregnant.
In this video, the minimally invasive surgery specialists at The Center for Innovative GYN Care (CIGC) share three myths about fibroids that prevent women from seeking the timely treatment they need.
You've probably heard the statistic: By age 50, roughly 80% of women will have had uterine fibroids at some point. That’s true. There are other things you may have heard about fibroids, however, that are not only false, but they also are likely to keep you from getting the treatment you need, when you need it.
Here are the top three misunderstood truths about fibroids that cause many women to put off or decide against having these benign growths removed.
Myth: Fibroids disappear after menopause.
This belief probably stems from the fact that fibroids are known to increase in size when hormone levels, particularly estrogen, are highest. So it would seem to make sense that menopause, the natural or surgically induced stage of life when estrogen plummets, would cause uterine fibroids to go away.
If left untreated, fibroids can shrink, but they don’t vanish.
Myth: Fibroids don’t affect fertility.
Fibroids can block the fallopian tubes, making it harder to get pregnant. When they grow on or in the uterus, they can trigger miscarriage or premature delivery.
Anyone who desires fertility should have uterine fibroids removed before trying to conceive naturally or via in vitro fertilization.
Myth: A myomectomy is an easier procedure for removing fibroids than a hysterectomy.
Myomectomy, the uterine-sparing surgery that removes individual fibroids and repairs each spot they were taken from until the uterus is free of growths, is a much more involved procedure than a hysterectomy, which simply removes the entire uterus. This is the case even when the myomectomy is done laparoscopically rather than through open abdominal surgery. When the surgical specialists at The Center for Innovative GYN Care perform myomectomies, they use the advanced LAAM technique to give patients the smallest incisions and the fastest recovery. Even so, myomectomies require more of both surgeon and patient compared to hysterectomies—specifically, one or two additional incisions (each ¼ inch in size) on top of the two needed for hysterectomy, and an extra few days to a week longer for recovery.
Fibroids can grow back, and new ones can develop, after myomectomy. Completely removing the uterus with hysterectomy is the only permanent cure for them. But when the goal is to have a baby, myomectomy is the appropriate choice.
Putting off or deciding against fibroid removal can risk more than a woman’s fertility. It can be dangerous. Fibroids can grow large enough to cause blood clots in the pelvis and legs, anemia, obstruction of the ureter and the prolapse of cervical fibroids.
Discover More About Fibroid Surgery
Videos:
Learn which fibroid treatments can damage the uterus:
Fibroids and laparoscopic hysterectomy: An OBGYN talks about her experience:
Hoping to have a baby? Why uterine fibroid embolization is not the right treatment for you:
Blogs
Here’s a fibroid complication you might never had heard of:
The CIGC specialist who co-developed the LAAM myomectomy talks all things fibroids:
Don’t let fibroid bleeding make you anemic:
How racial disparity factors into fibroids:
Read what it was like for Gloria to live 18 years with fibroids before coming to CIGC:
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Most women will get fibroids
0:19 Fibroids don’t disappear
0:36 Fibroids and fertility
0:53 Hysterectomy versus myomectomy
1:04 When to choose myomectomy
1:12 Hysterectomy is the permanent cure
1:29 CIGC experts are fibroid specialists
Click to schedule a visit with a CIGC specialist today!
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What you don’t know about fibroids can hurt you — especially if you hope to get pregnant.
In this video, the minimally invasive surgery specialists at The Center for Innovative GYN Care (CIGC) share three myths about fibroids that prevent women from seeking the timely treatment they need.
You've probably heard the statistic: By age 50, roughly 80% of women will have had uterine fibroids at some point. That’s true. There are other things you may have heard about fibroids, however, that are not only false, but they also are likely to keep you from getting the treatment you need, when you need it.
Here are the top three misunderstood truths about fibroids that cause many women to put off or decide against having these benign growths removed.
Myth: Fibroids disappear after menopause.
This belief probably stems from the fact that fibroids are known to increase in size when hormone levels, particularly estrogen, are highest. So it would seem to make sense that menopause, the natural or surgically induced stage of life when estrogen plummets, would cause uterine fibroids to go away.
If left untreated, fibroids can shrink, but they don’t vanish.
Myth: Fibroids don’t affect fertility.
Fibroids can block the fallopian tubes, making it harder to get pregnant. When they grow on or in the uterus, they can trigger miscarriage or premature delivery.
Anyone who desires fertility should have uterine fibroids removed before trying to conceive naturally or via in vitro fertilization.
Myth: A myomectomy is an easier procedure for removing fibroids than a hysterectomy.
Myomectomy, the uterine-sparing surgery that removes individual fibroids and repairs each spot they were taken from until the uterus is free of growths, is a much more involved procedure than a hysterectomy, which simply removes the entire uterus. This is the case even when the myomectomy is done laparoscopically rather than through open abdominal surgery. When the surgical specialists at The Center for Innovative GYN Care perform myomectomies, they use the advanced LAAM technique to give patients the smallest incisions and the fastest recovery. Even so, myomectomies require more of both surgeon and patient compared to hysterectomies—specifically, one or two additional incisions (each ¼ inch in size) on top of the two needed for hysterectomy, and an extra few days to a week longer for recovery.
Fibroids can grow back, and new ones can develop, after myomectomy. Completely removing the uterus with hysterectomy is the only permanent cure for them. But when the goal is to have a baby, myomectomy is the appropriate choice.
Putting off or deciding against fibroid removal can risk more than a woman’s fertility. It can be dangerous. Fibroids can grow large enough to cause blood clots in the pelvis and legs, anemia, obstruction of the ureter and the prolapse of cervical fibroids.
Discover More About Fibroid Surgery
Videos:
Learn which fibroid treatments can damage the uterus:
Fibroids and laparoscopic hysterectomy: An OBGYN talks about her experience:
Hoping to have a baby? Why uterine fibroid embolization is not the right treatment for you:
Blogs
Here’s a fibroid complication you might never had heard of:
The CIGC specialist who co-developed the LAAM myomectomy talks all things fibroids:
Don’t let fibroid bleeding make you anemic:
How racial disparity factors into fibroids:
Read what it was like for Gloria to live 18 years with fibroids before coming to CIGC:
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Most women will get fibroids
0:19 Fibroids don’t disappear
0:36 Fibroids and fertility
0:53 Hysterectomy versus myomectomy
1:04 When to choose myomectomy
1:12 Hysterectomy is the permanent cure
1:29 CIGC experts are fibroid specialists
Click to schedule a visit with a CIGC specialist today!
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