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Fertility and Pregnancy After HIFU Ablation

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Some evidence showed that uterine fibroids might adversely affect fertility, causing 1–2.4% of infertility in patients [1]. Uterine fibroids may cause fertility, pregnancy, and labor complications such as miscarriage, preterm labor, obstructed labor, or postpartum bleeding. The impact of HIFU ablation on patients’ fertility and pregnancy outcome becomes a topic of interest because HIFU ablation is currently used as a new technology for treating fibroids and adenomyosis.

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  1. School of Women’s and Children’s Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Felix Wong

  2. College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

    Lian Zhang & Zhibiao Wang

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Wong, F., Zhang, L., Wang, Z. (2021). Fertility and Pregnancy After HIFU Ablation. In: Focused Ultrasound Surgery in Gynecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0939-8_7

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