A new laparoscopic procedure is shrinking fibroids and helping women avoid invasive surgery.
More than 25 million American women, ages 15 to 50, have uterine fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths in the uterus that can cause pain and abnormal bleeding. For some women, a hysterectomy - surgical removal of the uterus - is the best option. But now, a new laparoscopic procedure is shrinking fibroids and helping women avoid invasive surgery.
Over the past few months, Tia Johnson’s life and health have taken a good turn. The mom of six is newly married and feeling great after years of struggling with discomfort and abnormal bleeding from a fibroid. “It [the fibroid] was nine centimeters. I was told it was the size of a baby's head. It was inside of my uterus, not on the outside,” Johnson emphasized.
Johnson’s doctor suggested a medication that would put her into menopause and decrease the fibroid, or a hysterectomy, which could mean up to eight weeks of recovery.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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