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 Submucus Fibroid  Fibroid on Ultrasound Uterus Showing Fibroid Interiors These pictures are all of the round muscle knots called uterine fibroids. Usually your physician can feel the fibroids, that are either on the outside of the uterus or ones that make your uterus large, on a pelvic examination. Not every fibroid will need treatment, and we wonder should hysterectomies be done for heavy uterine bleeding with fibroids? Most gynos say most often no a uterine fibroid will not necessarily require surgery, definitely not initially. There are other things to try. And many women haven’t even heard of some of their alternatives for the treatment of these uterine muscle tumors, and there are new ones being developed. Uterine fibroids are the most common gynecologic tumor. And with over 500,000 hysterectomies being done in the USA each year for bleeding, we can actually save a lot of uteri and avoid complications with fewer days out of one’s life if alternatives are eval...

Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous muscle tumors of the womb. They are not symptomatic in most people, and they are extremely common occurring in about 20-40% of all women who can have children. Treatments depend on the size, the location, the goals of the patient, the amount of menstrual bleeding. And if you surf around to the other fibroid posts you'll probably get a few of these type questions answered. One issue is really determining the size of the fibroid, and a second issue is determining the fibroid growth, and a third issue all together is treating any heavy periods due to the uterine fibroids. In order to know if iyour fibroid has grown or changed, it is important to get accurate ultrasound measurements measurements. At Women's Health Practice we use several ultrasound techniques to get these measurements done. We know that from a publication in the Ultrasound Obstetrics and Gynecology journal in 2010, in a study by researchers from University College Hospital i...