Transcervical intrauterine radiofrequency ablation of fibroids in high-risk patients with bleeding disorder.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: To show the advantages of transcervical radiofrequency ablation (TRFA) in high-risk patients with bleeding disorder. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It is a retrospective analysis. The study included only patients with known pre-existing conditions (obesity, cardiac and neurological disease, coagulation disorder, anaemia) or post-surgical conditions who were treated with the Sonata® System for fibroid-related bleeding complaints at Academic Hospital Cologne Weyertal between January 2015 and March 2021. These patients were classified as high-risk patients. The fibroids were mostly determined due transvaginal sonography. Thirty patients were included, and 43 fibroids were determined. RESULTS: Therapy with the Sonata® system could be performed without complications in all cases. In our analysis, improvement of fibroid-related symptoms was observed in 89% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: The Sonata® System is on the one hand minimally invasive, uncomplicated and fast and on the other hand a successful method of fibroid therapy, which is particularly suitable for high-risk patients with various pre-existing conditions, for whom a minimally invasive, bloodless and short surgical procedure has great advantages.