[Operative and interventional therapy of fibroids]. / Operative und interventionelle Therapie des Uterus myomatosus.

ABSTRACT

Myomas are the most frequent benign, solid tumours of the female genital tract in women of reproductive age. These tumours are estrogen dependent and their incidence rises with increasing age. A large number are asymptomatic, while others often cause bleeding disturbances or displacement complaints. Increasingly more women with uterus myomatosus desire to have children at a later age. In addition, progressively more women with myoma conditional complaints who have finished their family planning wish to retain their uterus. While the trend towards preserving organs has increased with the spread of minimal-invasive endoscopic techniques, minimal invasive radiological and non-invasive techniques are still searching for a place in the wide spectrum of treatment available today.