The significance of transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of symptomatic fibroids: results of an expert consensus from German-speaking countries.

Römer, Thomas; Bends, Ralf; Christoffel, Ladina; Felberbaum, Ricardo; Hildebrandt, Thomas; Meinhold-Heerlein, Ivo; Mueller, Michael; Oppelt, Peter; Renner, Stefan P; Runnebaum, Ingo B; Schiermeier, Sven; Piriyev, Elvin; Uhl, Bernhard; Toub, David (2022). The significance of transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of symptomatic fibroids: results of an expert consensus from German-speaking countries. Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 306(1), pp. 1-6. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00404-022-06516-1

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Uterine fibroids are one of the most common diseases in female patients, lead mainly to bleeding disorders and lower abdominal pain, and reduce the chance of having children. In recent years we have seen a trend towards more and more pharmacotherapies and minimally invasive organ-preserving treatments. One novel and innovative procedure for an organ-preserving treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids is the transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (TRFA). TRFA has been used in Germany since 2013 and later found use in other German-speaking countries as well. There have now been more than 1200 TRFA treatments performed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Experts from these three countries came together for a consensus meeting to analyze the significance of the procedure in the overall concept of the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology

UniBE Contributor:

Mueller, Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0932-0067

Publisher:

Springer-Verlag

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

23 Mar 2022 09:19

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00404-022-06516-1

PubMed ID:

35316395

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Bleeding disorder Fibroid Fibroid treatment Radiofrequency ablation TRFA

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/167874

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167874

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