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Uterine Fibroids: Should I Have Surgery?

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You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to follow your doctor's recommendation.

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Either way, this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them.

Have surgery to take out just your fibroids or to take out your uterus.
Don't have surgery.

You can choose another treatment, such as over-the-counter pain medicine, hormones, or fibroid embolization.

This decision aid is for people who have decided to treat their uterine fibroids. Many fibroids do not need treatment.

You might want to choose surgery if fibroids are making it hard for you to get pregnant or if you have other symptoms that affect your quality of life, and other treatments have not worked for you.

There are two surgical treatments for fibroids: taking fibroids out of the uterus (myomectomy) and removing the uterus (hysterectomy).
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