Montefiore Medical Center first hospital United States to perform the procedure after the FDA approval
Newswise — NEW YORK (March 14, 2013) - Montefiore Medical Center became the first hospital in the United States to use radiofrequency ablation to shrink uterine fibroids among women since the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year. This minimally invasive procedure, originally used to treat liver cancer, uses a tiny needle that emits an electrical current of low energy directly to the fibroid to destroy it.
"About a third of women suffer from fibroids, which can cause excessive menstrual bleeding and pain," said Scott Chudnoff, M.D., Director of Gynecology at Montefiore. 'This minimally invasive procedure may avoid the need for a hysterectomy and provide women with a new option that preserves the uterus.'
Fibroids are benign tumors that grow in the uterus. They are the most common tumor in the reproductive years and are two to three times more common among African American women. Symptoms can be heavy or painful menstrual bleeding, feeling of heaviness in the basin, frequent urination, pain during intercourse, abdominal bloating and backache. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fibroids are the leading cause of hysterectomy, which are the most common surgical procedures for women after cesarean section. More than 200,000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States each year because of fibroids.
Until this procedure has been developed, treatment was to cut through the layers of healthy tissue to gain access to fibroids or remove the uterus completely. Radiofrequency ablation allows the surgeon to treat only the fibroids while preserving the normal function of the uterus. Generally, patients go home the same day with little pain and returned to regular activities within five days.
Montefiore was one of 12 medical centres in the country to the new test procedure and Dr. Chudnoff has been one of the leading clinical researchers who have studied the procedure in the clinical trial.
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