New Year, New Relief: How Embolization Can Transform Life with Uterine Fibroids
Don’t go another year plagued by problematic uterine fibroids. Uterine fibroid embolization can bring you relief from fibroids in 2025. Read on to learn more about the process and how it can benefit you.
Uterine fibroids — noncancerous growths that form on your uterine wall — can cause painful and heavy periods, bloating, constipation, fertility issues, incontinence, and even anemia.
Here at Image Guided Surgery Center in Clinton, Maryland, Dr. Nordine Gaugau offers uterine fibroid embolization to help you find relief. Read on to learn more about this procedure and how it can transform your life in the new year.
What’s uterine fibroid embolization?
Uterine fibroid embolization is a minimally invasive treatment that cuts off the blood supply to fibroids, causing them to shrink and your symptoms to dissipate.
During fibroid embolization, Dr. Gaugau, an expert in vascular interventional radiology, injects medical-grade, FDA-approved particles to block the arteries that feed your fibroids. Without the oxygen and nutrients from your blood, fibroids can’t grow.
Benefits of uterine fibroid embolization
Uterine fibroid embolization offers permanent, significant relief, improved quality of life, and other benefits, including:
A definitive treatment that avoids the risks of traditional open surgery
Hysterectomies used to be a common solution for problematic fibroids. However, with advanced imaging technology and minimally invasive techniques, you can avoid major surgery.
Embolization is a minimally invasive procedure, but we don’t use general anesthesia. You’re sedated throughout so you may feel sleepy, but you needn’t worry about the hassles of traditional surgery, like being intubated or dealing with the side effects of general anesthesia.
We access your fibroid through a small incision near your groin, and thanks to advanced imaging guidance, we can thread the catheter from your hip to your fibroid. You needn’t worry about a large incision or sutures.
Alleviates heavy bleeding
Women with heavy bleeding (menorrhagia) from fibroids are no strangers to doubling up with pads and tampons, changing pads/tampons hourly, and soaking through pads.
Not only is it exhausting and inconvenient, but heavy bleeding can also increase your risk of anemia. Embolization reduces excessive menstrual bleeding — and the associated health risks.
Eases pain and discomfort
By shrinking fibroids, uterine fibroid embolization relieves pelvic pressure and pain that can interfere with daily activities. If your period pain was bad enough to keep you home from work or school, this perk of embolization can give you a new lease on life.
Improves energy levels
Reduced symptoms can help you enjoy better sleep, less fatigue, and more energy to focus on what matters most.
Minimal downtime
Embolization recovery is quicker and easier than with open surgery. Embolization can cause cramping, but here at Image Guided Surgery Center, we get ahead of that with medications.
Because of the minimal downtime, this procedure is a convenient option for busy lifestyles.
Preserves your uterus and your fertility
Unlike traditional surgery, such as hysterectomy, embolization preserves your uterus. It’s an ideal choice for women seeking a less-invasive option with a quicker recovery time who may still want to grow their family in the future.
When to consider uterine fibroid embolization
Uterine fibroids are common; as many as 80% of women have at least one fibroid by the time they turn 50.
Not all fibroids cause noticeable symptoms, but symptomatic fibroids can be miserable. Common symptoms include heavy periods, pain during intercourse, constipation, bladder leakage, bloating, and even pain down your leg.
You might consider uterine fibroid embolization if you have symptoms like these that interfere with your quality of life, if your fibroid impacts your fertility, or if you want to avoid the risks of traditional surgery.
Uterine fibroid embolization should always be your first choice for uterine fibroids and adenomyosis treatment. It provides the best permanent results with the least intervention.
Find relief in the new year
Ready to take the next step? Schedule a consultation today to learn how uterine fibroid embolization can transform your life. Call our office at 240-244-2302 or use online messaging to contact us.
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