1 00:00:04,054 --> 00:00:08,882 Once surgical treatment is indicated for a woman 2 00:00:08,882 --> 00:00:12,562 with myoma,, there are different options of surgical management 3 00:00:12,562 --> 00:00:20,728 depending on the size, fertility status of the woman, the age and the X of the woman 4 00:00:20,728 --> 00:00:27,161 the common surgical procedures are myomectomy 5 00:00:27,161 --> 00:00:30,039 in which myoma is going to be removed, 6 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:35,502 and hysterectomy, which the uterus totally with the myoma is going to be removed 7 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:45,104 currently, there are recent or new techniques of treatment of the myoma 8 00:00:45,104 --> 00:00:47,514 which are more conservative in treating the myoma 9 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:50,601 like X of the myoma 10 00:00:50,601 --> 00:00:53,272 intrtaarterial embolization 11 00:00:53,272 --> 00:00:59,276 MRI guided thermal ablation 12 00:00:59,276 --> 00:01:02,529 x ablation 13 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:05,031 and the resection of the myoma 14 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:08,536 and x scopic of the myoma are x techniques 15 00:01:08,536 --> 00:01:15,292 In this video, we are going to explain the most common type of procedure here in Africa which is myomectomy