myomectomy

Hysterectomy — the only complete cure, which removes the uterus along with any fibroids — and myomectomy, or surgical removal of the fibroids.

But the reproductive challenges kept coming: She had a myomectomy, this time to remove 33 fibroids.

After doing lots of research, she was treated nine years after the diagnosis with a myomectomy, which removed the fibroids but kept her womb intact.

You could undergo a myomectomy to remove fibroids that were impairing your fertility, only to end up with a hysterectomy performed to staunch life-threatening bleeding.

While embolization is less invasive and can be done in women who have already had a myomectomy, some doctors have avoided this option out of a concern that it may restrict blood flow to the lining of the uterus and ovaries, making it harder for women to have babies, researchers note.