商品簡介
This guide for general readers covers different types of fibroids, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life issues. Vignettes and quotes from real patients are interspersed throughout Q&As sections on basic facts, fibroids and pregnancy, nonsurgical and surgical treatment, uterine artery embolization, myomectomy, and hysterectomy. Emphasis is on the Western medicine paradigm, but there is a brief half-page review of alternative therapies. The book is written in plain language accessible to all, and includes margin definitions, b&w illustrations, a list of resources, and a glossary. Greig is affiliated with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Cedars Sinai Medical Group. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
