Fibroids Treatment

Health & Beauty

Cape Town , South Africa

Performing uterine artery embolisation for the treatment of uterine fibroids, adenomyosis and advanced pelvic cancers.

Uterine fibroids is a common gynaecological disorder, which lead to a wide range of excruciating symptoms like heavy periods, abdominal cramps, frequent urination, constipation, back ache, discomfort during sexual intercourse, and fertility problems.

Post Uterine Fibroid Embolisation

UFE procedure requires only an overnight hospital stay. This is what you can expect after undergoing the procedure:

• Bleeding from the uterus stops almost immediately.
• After the procedure, there is a dull ache in the lower abdomen. Similar to a period pain. This is due to the arteries supplying the fibroid shutting down.
• This pain is easily controlled with medication and disappears over a short period of time.
• The skin incision used to perform the embolisation is so small that there is no need for stitches and is almost invisible within a few weeks.
• The patient will go home as soon as she is comfortable and pain free the day after the procedure

During the Uterine Fibroid Embolisation (UFE) Procedure an interventional radiologist inserts a thin catheter into the radial artery through a tiny hole in front of the wrist. Specialised x-rays are used to guide a micro-catheter into the uterine arteries that supply blood to the fibroids. Tiny particles are then released through the catheter which occlude the blood supply to the fibroids, which in turn causes them to become inactive and shrink.