A team from Al Khor Hospital (AKH), part of the Hamad Medical Corporation, has successfully performed a fibroidectomy - the surgical removal of fibroids on the womb - on a woman aged 33.
Seventeen uterine fibroid tumours of varying sizes were removed from the patient, who has been discharged from hospital and is now leading a normal life.
The team was led by Dr Hussain Shararah, a senior consultant and head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at AKH, senior specialist Dr Nada Kheyon, and specialist Dr Gazomati Dayabran.
Dr Shararah said: “The patient was suffering from a number of conditions including menorrhagia, abdominal and back pain, frequent urination, chronic constipation and an inability to conceive. An ultrasound examination revealed that she had 17 uterine fibroid tumours of different sizes from 2cm to 12cm. We therefore decided to perform a fibroidectomy surgery to relieve her of the pain and increase her chance of getting pregnant.”
He said that uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths on the uterus that often appear during childbearing years.
“Uterine fibroids can be caused by heredity or hormonal factors, skin tone, starting menstruation at an early age, high consumption of red meat, alcohol consumption and a low vegetable and fruit intake,” he explained.