Envoys for Embolization

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This year, over 600,000 hysterectomies will be performed. A third of that number will be to remove fibroids, often unnecessarily. While removing the uterus certainly cures uterine fibroids, it is a drastic surgery most women would prefer to avoid. Many patients who suspect they have fibroids are afraid to seek treatment because they worry it will result in a hysterectomy.

There is an answer. Information. Grassroots information that women share with other women about treatment options and alternatives to hysterectomy.

Be part of a growing chain that is creates better awareness . If someone you know, a friend, a relative, a co-worker, has fibroids, please tell them about embolization. Before they consent to any surgery, make sure they know these three key facts about this safe, simple, non-invasive treatment.

1. Embolization isn’t surgery; it uses a proven radiological procedure shrink fibroids from the inside, out.
2. Embolization requires no hospital stay and has the fastest recovery rate of any treatment.
3. Embolization works.

By sharing what you know, you also share the chance of better care for women everywhere.