She says she was told "'that's just how periods can be' and 'come back when you want to get pregnant'" when she tried to get help.

under ultrasound guidance, to reach the uterine fibroid. The fibroid is then heated to a particular temperature to cause cell death and necrosis. HIFU is a non-invasive treatment for uterine ...

Kullervo Hynynen and colleagues have refined an image-guided technique known as MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which is presently used to thermally ablate uterine fibroids by means of ...