Jefferson Fibroid Center

Links to Additional Resources

• www.fibroidregistry.org
  Registry developed to assess uterine fibroid embolization's durability, the impact on fertility and quality-of-life and to obtain data which will allow researchers to compare UFE to other fibroid therapies
• www.4woman.gov/faq/fibroids.htm
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services information page on fibroids
• www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/uterine_fibroids.pdf
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development information on fibroids
• www.mirena-us.com
  Levonorgestrel (progesterone)-releasing intrauterine system (IUD) that may reduce fibroid-related abnormal bleeding and offers a method of contraception that lasts up to five years
• Webcast of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) performed by Carin Gonsalves, MD, of Jefferson Hospital's Division of Interventional Radiology
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Society of Interventional Radiologists (SIR)