100 Questions & Answers About Uterine Fibroids

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)