When fibroids don't respond to other medical therapies, a hysterectomy has been the only solution. A new treatment with great promise, though, could means less pain and a faster recovery. Uterine fibroid tumors are very common.
Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in the muscular wall of the uterus.
Bauer says she didn't like what her doctor told her. To me I have to go for the easier route. Fibroid embolization is a minimally invasive procedure that requires just a tiny nick in the skin. The patient is conscious but sedated. The procedure works a bit like a heart catheterization.