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To review clinical evidence and provide consensus-based practice guidance on medical and uterine-sparing surgical alternatives to hysterectomy for symptomatic uterine leiomyomas.

August 1, 2008Obstetrics and Gynecology

ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 96: Alternatives to Hysterectomy in the Management of Leiomyomas

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To review clinical evidence and provide consensus-based practice guidance on medical and uterine-sparing surgical alternatives to hysterectomy for symptomatic uterine leiomyomas.
Expert committee clinical practice evaluation developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Synthesis of available evidence assessing medical therapies, conservative surgical interventions, and procedural alternatives to total uterine removal.
Document designated as withdrawn and superseded by subsequent clinical practice guidelines.
Summarized the clinical role and safety profile of uterus-preserving interventions for symptomatic leiomyoma management.
Identified procedural and pharmaceutical alternatives designed to decrease bleeding and bulk symptoms while avoiding major extirpative surgery.
Withdrawn from active guidance to reflect modern clinical evidence and subsequent updates in gynecologic practice.

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Clinical guideline reports alternatives to hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomas, indicating changing standards in non-surgical and uterus-sparing management.

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This document has been withdrawn or is no longer available Please contact the Resource Center at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ([email protected]; 202-863-2518) for further information Current clinical guidance from ACOG is available online at https://www.acog.org/clinical

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Clinical guideline reports alternatives to hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomas, indicating changing standards in non-surgical and uterus-sparing management.

ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 96: Alternatives to Hysterectomy in the Management of Leiomyomas

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ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 96: Alternatives to Hysterectomy in the Management of Leiomyomas

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