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Surgical Options for Uterine Fibroids

Dr. Rafael Perez, Medical Director of the Center for Women and Infants at South Miami Hospital, says the benefit of medications based on hormonal manipulations is questionable, because they are limited in how long women can use them. He points out surgery would probably be the next step, like a uterine artery embolization to treat some other conditions in the uterus with the embolization of the artery.

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