Magnetic Resonance High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound is a technique that removes fibroids with no incisions made. A detailed imagining of the noncancerous growth of uterine is provided through MRI to Interventional radiologists for them to detect, target, and treat these fibroids with extensive focused ultrasound energy destroying and ultimately removing them, allowing fertility in women to bear pregnancies. The MRI pairs with high-intensity focused ultrasound waves. The treatment is MR-guided HIFU, avoiding needles and incisions for women with symptoms, small-sized fibroids, and resuming fertility.
How does HIFU fibroid treatment avoid surgery?
HIFU fibroid treatment is completely noninvasive and is done within 2-3 hours. This MR-guided HIFU treatment requires a patient to lie in an MRI machine. The IR focuses special sound waves on a target place with fibroids, like focusing sun rays using a magnifying glass on a dry life and starting a fire. The IR constantly sees the temperature and ensures the target area isn’t hot enough to harm nearby tissues. The surrounding tissues are spared, whereas thermal ablation beyond 1000F destroys the fibroids.
What to expect from MR-guided HIFU fibroid treatment?
Before treatment: Patients are given sedatives and painkillers before they lay in a special MRI machine. They’re laying down and comfortable communicating with their team, which is IR, nurses, and doctors.
During Treatment: You’re conscious the whole time the MRI scans your body, pinpoints the target uterus point with fibroids, and destroys it for optimal outcome. Stop the procedure in the middle by pressing a safety-stop button if something bothers you. Don’t panic if there’s a warming feel in your pelvic region just after the treatment.
After Treatment: You spend a few hours after the treatment in the hospital for your sedative to wear off. You can go about the discharge instructions, return home, and continue normal activities a day or two after the treatment.
How effective is HIFU for fibroids?
The success rate of HIFU treatment for destroying fibroids ranges from 81%-98.4%. MR-guided HIFU treatment allows your uterine fibroids to be destroyed while preserving your fertility. MR-guided HIFU significantly removes fibroids volume in the uterus without indulging in clinical complications or long-term recoveries.
The potential benefits of destroying fibroids through MR-guided HIFU are:
- Removal of fibroids within 3-6 months.
- Preservation of healthy tissues of ovaries and uterus for future fertility.
- No incisions take time to heal or long recovery of scars.
- No blood loss, pain, or invasion is done during the removal of fibroids.
- Preservation of the uterus, cervix, and ovaries with an improved quality of life.
Conclusion
MR-guided HIFU treatment for uterine fibroids effectively removes fibroids with noninvasive, less complicated, and non-painful treatment with preserved fertility. HIFU is the best treatment for uterine fibroids as it uses an MRI machine and focuses on targeted fibroids to destroy them without damaging the surrounding tissues, cervix, uterus, and ovaries.
