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  2. Endometrial ablation - Wikipedia

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    Prior to undergoing endometrial ablation, patients will go through a pre-procedure evaluation and risk assessment. Components of this often include informed consent, anesthesia evaluation, and a pregnancy test (as current pregnancy is a contraindication to the procedure).

  3. Heavy menstrual bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Endometrial biopsy in those with high risk endometrial cancer or atypical hyperplasia or malignancy. [15] Sonohysterography to assess for abnormalities within the uterine lining [17] Hysteroscopy (anaesthesia should be offered) [15] Thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyrotropin-releasing hormone dosage to rule out hypothyroidism [18]

  4. Abnormal uterine bleeding - Wikipedia

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    [3] [2] Options may include hormonal birth control, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, tranexamic acid, NSAIDs, and surgery such as endometrial ablation or hysterectomy. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Over the course of a year, roughly 20% of reproductive-aged women self-report at least one symptom of AUB.

  5. Menstrual disorder - Wikipedia

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    Procedural therapy such as a suction curettage and intrauterine balloon tamponade are reserved for patients who do not respond to medication therapy and do not put fertility at risk. Life-threatening situations may consider more invasive procedures such as endometrial ablation, uterine artery embolization, and hysterectomy. [32]

  6. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    About 20% to 80% of women develop fibroids by the age of 50. [12] [1] Globally in 2013 it was estimated that 171 million women were affected. [5] They are typically found during the middle and later reproductive years. [1] After menopause they usually decrease in size. [1]

  7. Woman has uterine fibroids removed that equaled the size of a ...

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    Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of ...

  8. Uterine artery embolization - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of uterine fibroids with examples of their possible locations. Uterine artery embolization (UAE, uterine fibroid embolization, or UFE) is a procedure in which an interventional radiologist uses a catheter to deliver small particles that block the blood supply to the uterine body.

  9. Placenta accreta spectrum - Wikipedia

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    An important risk factor for placenta accreta is placenta previa in the presence of a uterine scar. Placenta previa is an independent risk factor for placenta accreta. Additional reported risk factors for placenta accreta include maternal age and multiparity, other prior uterine surgery, prior uterine curettage, uterine irradiation, endometrial ablation, Asherman syndrome, uterine leiomyomata ...