A group of interventional radiologists denounced this morning to the Parisian an excessive use of ablations in France. They recommend an alternative method.
Removal of the uterus would, in many cases, be preventable. This Thursday, January 23, a group of interventional radiologists denounced the Parisian excessive use of ablations in France.
Each year, 20,000 to 25,000 women would have the uterus removed despite a preventable operation. The daily recalls that 30% of women over 35 develop a uterine fibroid, which is a benign tumor with variable effects on the patient. Many gynecologists suggest a hysterectomy, that is to say an removal of the uterus, in case of severe pain. This collective recommends another alternative method.
Embolization instead of ablation
First of all interventional radiology includes “all of the invasive medical procedures aimed at diagnosing and / or treating a pathology and carried out under the guidance and under the control of an imaging means (X-ray, ultrasound, scanner , MRI) “indicates the Federation of Interventional Radiology.
Doctor Sapoval, radiologist at the European Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris, testified to the Parisian “We use another technique, embolization, which allows to heal while preserving the uterus”. He continues “The risk of major complications is halved, the work stoppage is one week against two months”.
Embolization includes all procedures aimed at “blocking the blood vessels that make up or nourish a lesion, or blocking a lesion carried by a vessel”, details the department of radiodiagnostics and interventional radiology. He specifies that the gesture is carried out by guidance under X-ray, a technique which makes it possible “to choose the good point of entry of the needle and to follow its course”.
According to Doctor Jean-Philippe Masson, president of the National Federation of Radiologist Doctors, only 3% of women victims of uterine fibroma would then benefit from it “that an embolization costs four times a month dear to Social Security”.
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