Dr Kireki Omanwa, a fertility expert, says: “Fibroids are a major cause of infertility among women. Out of every 10 women that come to Frontline Medical Consultants with a fertility issue, about three ...

CLASSIFICATION OF FIBROIDS Traditionally, the classification of fibroids is based on their location in relation to two anatomical planes (15): the endometrium and the uterine serosa. Thus, uterine ...

What is uterine fibroid? Uterine fibroids, medically refer to as uterine leiomyomas, are rapidly emerging as silent but widespread health crisis among women in Africa, particularly Nigerian women.

Background: Uterine fibroids affect maternal and neonatal outcomes adversely. Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and Uterine Artery Doppler (UAD) are used in the first and second ...

They can occur in the uterus’ outer layer (subserosal fibroids) internal layer (submucosal fibroids), within the uterine smooth muscle (intramural fibroids), and on stalks from the outer and ...

Intramural fibroids, which grow within the muscular walls of the uterus, present a more complicated picture. Those that distort the uterine cavity appear to reduce fertility, while those that don ...

Learn effective strategies to prevent uterine fibroids through diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes to improve your health.

Uterine fibroid tumors can be painful and troublesome – and sometimes undiagnosed. “Up to 30% of women have them and don't know,” Samy Iskandar, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Bon ...

Uterine fibroids, a frequent cause of heavy bleeding and anemia, are common. Hysterectomy is the most common treatment, but safer options, such as localized ablation and oral GnRH antagonist therap ...

Uterine fibroids are a common condition that affects up to 80% of women in their lifetime. Nearly half of those women will experience symptoms that affect their quality of life and fertility ...

Recent investigation confirmed that inhibitors of VEGF and TGF-β can be used as therapeutic agents for uterine leiomyoma (19). Currently, there is no data about the levels of VEGF and TGF-β in the ...