Friday, March 09, 2007

Alternatives To Hysterectomy

There are many alternatives to hysterectomy, and it all boils down to selecting some other surgical procedure, or to finding out some other way of healing.

Surgical Alternatives To Hysterectomy

If you want to preserve fertility and you have a case of uterine fibroids (myoma), go for myomectomy.

If childbearing is not important any more, you can opt for endometrial ablation, which destroys endometrium, the inner layer of the uterus, but preserves the rest of the uterus intact.

A relatively new method of avoiding hysterectomy is uterine artery embolization, often shorthened as UAE. Tiny particles are injected into the uterine arteries and fibroids connected to that artery lose food. The result is that the fibroids shrink and the symptoms disappear.

One way to avoid hysterectomy is to use uterine balloon therapy, in which a balloon is inserted into the uterus and the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus is destroyed. The entire method belongs to a family of methods called endometrial ablation so it pays to study them and see whether you are a candidate for one of these surgical alternatives to hysterectomy.

Adhesiolysis is cutting adhesions, tissue that binds otherwise separated pelvic organs. About 20% of women have problems because of such adhesions, which arise from an injury such as previous pelvic or abdominal surgery, infections, endometriosis, cancer or radiation therapy, intra-abdominal trauma, say from ectopic pregnancy, appendicitis etc.

Click here for the rest of the alternatives to hysterectomy, consisting of flower remedies, herbal remedies, homeopathy, Reiki, Su Jok, and radionics.