• Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol · Feb 2021

    Percutaneous microwave ablation of uterine fibroids: correlation between shrinkage and trend symptoms.

    • Anna Maria Ierardi, Mario Petrillo, Enrico Maria Fumarola, Andrea Coppola, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Enrico Garanzini, Salvatore Silipigni, Filippo Pesapane, Anna Maria Marconi, and Gianpaolo Carrafiello.
    • Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
    • Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2021 Feb 1; 30 (1): 33-39.

    PurposeTo assess a correlation between the shrinkage of the fibroid and the course of the symptoms.Material And MethodsFourteen patients with symptomatic uterine leiomyomas (mean fibroid volume: 111.45 cm3) underwent percutaneous microwave ablation. Contrast-enhanced MRI follow-up was performed before and after treatment to evaluate the volume shrinkage. Two scores obtained from the Uterine Fibroids Symptom and Quality of Life questionnaire were used to perform a clinical follow-up to evaluate the symptoms and the quality of life at baseline, and at 3, 6 and 12 months after treatment.ResultsAll patients were treated, no complications occurred. During a mean MR follow-up of 8.1 months we observed shrinkage of the fibroids in all patients (mean 70.3 cm3). During 12 months clinical follow-up, we observed a significant improvement of symptoms and an excellent improvement of quality of life (p < .001).ConclusionUterine fibroids percutaneous microwave ablation is a safe tool to obtain a significant improvement in quality of life for all the patients of our cohort.

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