Optimizing Medical Management of Uterine Fibroids: Achieving Patient-Centered Goals and Outcomes
Host: Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD, FACOG
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By the age of 50, ultrasound imaging demonstrates that 70%-80% of women have fibroids. Uterine fibroids are associated with disability similar to other chronic diseases. They can even lead to lower vitality and social function than are experienced by women with breast cancer. Fibroid-related hysterectomies account for 45% of all US hysterectomies, but a surgical approach is no longer one size fits many. Join Dr. Andrew Kaunitz as he describes the clinical presentations of fibroids and how newly emergent medical options greatly improve fibroid-related symptoms, provide time to consider other alternatives, and can be used to bridge the transition to menopause.