FIBROIDS

This medical reference presents practical guidance on care for patients with uterine fibroids. The book begins with an overview of key concepts, a survey of the clinical spectrum of fibroid disease, and a run-down of evidence-based indications for treatment of uterine fibroids. Later chapters cover management of uterine fibroids in women with symptoms, in pregnancy, and in older women. Treatments covered range from nonsurgical options, ultrasound surgery, minimally invasive treatment, and surgical treatments and outcomes. Final chapters deal with rare fibroid syndromes and give advice on counseling the patient. The book includes tip boxes, cautions, evidence tables, and boxes reviewing basic science. The layout offers b&w diagnostic images and color clinical photos and images. Segars is affiliated with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Editor James Segars, MD, Head, Unit on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Series Editor Aydin Arici, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.