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Successful MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Uterine Fibroid Treatment Despite an Ostomy and Significant Abdominal Wall Scarring

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: We present a case of successful magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of a uterine fibroid in a patient with extensive anterior abdominal wall surgical scars from two longitudinal laparotomies, a total colectomy and ileostomy. This case demonstrates that MRgFUS can be safely used in patients with an ostomy and significant abdominal wall scarring, but careful pretreatment planning and positioning during treatment is needed.

Source: ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology

DOI: 10.5402/2011/962621

Authors: Ronit Machtinger, Clare M. C. Tempany, Angela Kanan Roddy, Fiona M. Fennessy

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Uterine Myomas and Treatments

Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Brigham and Women's Hospital