Intrauterine HIFU: A new treatment for uterine fibroids
Faisant MC, Amoyav B, Perrier Q, Eling L, Rangaraja J (2019)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: SciTePress
Pages Range: 595-602
Conference Proceedings Title: HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
Event location: Prague
ISBN: 9789897583537
Abstract
Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumours among women of child- bearing age with a prevalence varying from 5.4% to 77%. The most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include: heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure or pain and infertility. Symptoms can be influenced by the location, size and number of fibroids. Fibroids are most often identified during a routine pelvic examination by a physician. Treatments may include temporary medical treatments, surgery or uterine artery embolization. As all of the methods above have considerable disadvantages, we propose a medical device using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in a minimally procedure in which an ultrasound probe is inserted into the uterus to precisely ablate the fibroid and shrink it. Our new medical device proposal is aimed at improving clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction.
Additional Organisation(s)
Involved external institutions
University of Grenoble Alpes (UGA) / Université de Grenoble
France (FR)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel (IL)
France (FR)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel (IL)
How to cite
APA:
Faisant, M.C., Amoyav, B., Perrier, Q., Eling, L., & Rangaraja, J. (2019). Intrauterine HIFU: A new treatment for uterine fibroids. In HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019 (pp. 595-602). Prague, CZ: SciTePress.
MLA:
Faisant, Marie Caroline, et al. "Intrauterine HIFU: A new treatment for uterine fibroids." Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2019 - Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019, Prague SciTePress, 2019. 595-602.
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