“After you have a baby, your uterus is useless, so you’ll be relieved if you have it cut.” Whenever I hear this, I, as a doctor, feel a bit more sorrow in my heart. When the hysterectomy is done, you are no longer a whole woman. More and more research has confirmed that the uterus has a more important role to play than just reproductive functions. The uterus has an immune function, the removal of the uterus immune function will be damaged; the uterus secretes a variety of hormones, the removal of the uterus breaks the endocrine balance of women; the monthly meeting of the menstrual blood flush vagina, the removal of the uterus will reduce a line of defense; ovaries blood supply part from the uterus, the removal of the uterus will reduce the blood circulation of the ovaries, resulting in changes in endocrine function, women are more likely to lose color and look premature. 1.Introduction of uterine fibroids The most common benign tumor in women, the incidence of women of childbearing age is 20%-25%, accounting for about 4% of women over 40 years old. Uterine fibroids are benign tumors derived from smooth muscle. According to the growth site, they are divided into: subplasmalemma (15%), submucosal leiomyoma (21%), and intermural tumor (62%). The size of tumor ranges from 2-3mm to 20cm. don’t be afraid of fibroids, it is important to go to a regular hospital for a detailed gynecological examination, ultrasound or MRI. The doctor will help you develop a suitable treatment according to your specific situation. 2, uterine fibroid hazards Most patients with uterine fibroids have no symptoms and usually no pain. Patients are usually found unintentionally during physical examinations, so most of them are not treated earlier or even not treated. The appearance of fibroid symptoms is related to the location of fibroid growth, the growth rate and the size of the fibroid. The most common symptoms are increased menstrual blood flow, shortened menstrual cycle or prolonged menstrual period, resulting in anemia and weakness of the patient. The fibroids pushing forward on the bladder can cause frequent urination, and squeezing backward on the rectal section causes difficulty in passing stool. Some patients can feel a substantial lump in the lower abdomen by themselves. 3.Uterine fibroid diagnosis Patients’ clinical manifestations, gynecological examination can be palpated with enlarged uterus or fibroid nodules, ultrasound is a non-invasive and convenient examination method. 4.Uterine fibroids treatment Do you know what is the most advanced treatment for uterine fibroids? Minimally invasive interventional treatment. The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used this minimally invasive technique to treat fibroids, a hidden problem for many years. Interventional treatment has the advantages of ① small trauma, only a 2mm needle eye is needed, no open surgery is required; ② the integrity of the uterus can be preserved; ③ short hospital stay, only 3-5 days, fast recovery; ④ good efficacy. Interventional treatment of uterine fibroids can be traced back to the earliest 30 years ago, and after 30 years of efforts by doctors at home and abroad, a large number of cases have been accumulated and systematic basic research has been conducted. Long-term clinical efficacy observation found that interventional treatment is effective for all types and sizes of uterine fibroids. The 5-year efficacy of interventional treatment found that the overall reduction rate of fibroids was 80% (up to 100% for submucosal fibroids and 91% for interstitial fibroids). In the past 20 years, the interventional department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University has observed nearly 2,000 patients with fibroids after interventional treatment, and the intervention has good effect on the increased menstruation and anemia caused by uterine fibroids, significantly reducing the fibroids. The specific method is to place a puncture needle at the root of the patient’s thigh, deliver a catheter along the blood vessel to the blood supply artery of the fibroid, and push a granular embolic agent to embolize it, blocking the blood supply of the fibroid, causing ischemia and necrosis of the fibroid and “starving” the fibroid, thus shrinking or eliminating the fibroid and preserving the uterus. Interventional treatment is done under local anesthesia, and the operation is painless. After the treatment, you can eat, move freely in 6-8 hours, and be discharged from the hospital in 3-5 days, and go to work normally in 7-10 days. 5.The advantages of interventional treatment for uterine fibroids There are many conservative treatment methods for uterine fibroids, but interventional treatment as one of them is of great significance, not because it adds a treatment method, but because it preserves the uterus and the function of the uterus while treating the disease, and is more minimally invasive, fully embodying the individualization, humanization, minimally invasive and comfort of treatment, with higher safety. Do you know what other diseases are suitable for minimally invasive interventional treatment? Adenomyosis: Dysmenorrhea, anemia and weakness make many women worry about their old friends who meet once a month, and the quality of life is seriously affected by the prolonged periods and abdominal distension. In the past, total hysterectomy was still used as a means. The advent of interventional therapy has provided an effective method for the treatment of adenomyosis. The application of uterine artery embolization intervention in adenomyosis began in 1997, and although the number of accumulated cases is not as high as that of uterine fibroids, the results observed so far are satisfactory, especially the reduction or even disappearance of dysmenorrhea and the decrease of menstrual bleeding. Postpartum hemorrhage is a serious complication during childbirth, causing headaches for doctors and worries for families, and is currently the leading cause of maternal death in China, with an incidence of 2%-3% of all deliveries. In the past, when conservative treatment was ineffective, the patient’s life had to be saved at the cost of hysterectomy. In critical cases, there was even no chance of hysterectomy. Even if they were fortunate enough to save their lives, they were left with a serious complication, Silhan’s syndrome, due to the prolonged shock. Interventional therapy has become the treatment of choice in our hospital because of its simplicity, safety, and rapid and complete hemostasis. Not only did it successfully save the patient from the death line, it also preserved the uterus for the patient, making it possible to realize the patient’s strong desire to preserve her fertility. The increase in miscarriages and cesarean deliveries in recent years has led to more scar pregnancies, which can lead to hemorrhage during uterine clearance. Prior interventional embolization of the uterine artery can make the obstetrician and gynecologist more comfortable when clearing the uterus.