Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index.
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Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. About Fibroids -- Chapter 1. Who Gets Fibroids, and What Are the Symptoms? -- Chapter 2. What Are Uterine Fibroids? -- Chapter 3. Why We Are So Far Behind in Understanding and Treating Fibroids -- Chapter 4. The Endocrinology of the Uterus -- Chapter 5. Why Do Fibroids Form? -- Chapter 6. Diagnosis: How Do I Know That I Have Fibroids? -- Chapter 7. When Fibroids Come Back -- Part II. Surgical Treatment -- Chapter 8. Surgery Inside the Uterus: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy, Endometrial Ablation, and Vaginal Myomectomy
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Chapter 18. Pregnancy, Infertility, and MiscarriageChapter 19. Adenomyosis and Endometrial Polyps -- Chapter 20. Uterine Cancers -- Chapter 21. Fibroid-like Conditions -- Chapter 22. Alternative and Complementary Therapies -- Chapter 23. What Can We Do about Fibroids? -- Appendix: Hints for Surgical Recovery -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Color illustrations
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Chapter 9. Laparoscopic Myomectomy and MyolysisChapter 10. Abdominal Myomectomy -- Chapter 11. Uterine Artery Embolization -- Chapter 12. Focused Ultrasound Surgery and Other Thermoablative Therapies -- Chapter 13. Hysterectomy -- Part III. Medical Treatment -- Chapter 14. Traditional Hormonal Therapies: Birth Control Pills and Progestin -- Chapter 15. GnRH Agonists, Add-Back Therapies, and GnRH Antagonists -- Chapter 16. Innovative Medical Strategies for Treating Uterine Fibroids -- Part IV. Other Factors, Other Conditions -- Chapter 17. The Genetics of Fibroids