UFE is a minimally invasive treatment option for women suffering with severe uterine fibroid symptoms. UFE offers a safe and effective alternative to surgery.
Community Medical Center has the expertise and equipment in Interventional Radiology to perform this procedure. Community Medical Center has 4 board certified interventional radiologists; registered special procedure technologists and radiology nurses on staff with special training in interventional procedures.
If you have been diagnosed with fibroid tumors, it is important to discuss all of the available treatment for uterine fibroids and their symptoms with your primary caregiver or OB/GYN before deciding on a treatment. Depending on the types of fibroids you have and the symptoms that are associated with them, there are both surgical and non-surgical procedures available. Some non-surgical procedures include careful watching and waiting for non-symptomatic fibroids; or for fibroids that cause symptoms, there is uterine fibroid embolization.
You may be a candidate for uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), also known as uterine artery embolization (UAE), if you fit into any of the following categories:
- Women who are experiencing the symptoms of uterine fibroids
- Women who do not desire future fertility
- Women who want to retain their uterus, and so are pursuing hysterectomy alternatives
- Women who do not desire surgery
- Women who may be poor surgical candidates; i.e., obesity, bleeding disorders, anemia
- Women who are not pregnant
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