Uterine Fibroids
Injections to stop period is a temporary solution, though not one to be dismissed. Ideally, these injections are administered to women suffering from frequent bleeding to increase their hematocrit and aid recovery prior to the surgical excision of fibroids. Alternatively, they are administered to “buy” some time, if the woman is approaching menopause in order to avoid a surgical procedure in general.
There is no scientific way to predict whether a woman is going to develop fibroids, nor their number or size.
It is a medical diagnostic procedure to examine a magnified view of the cervix, the uterus, the external reproductive organs... using a special machine.
The first total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy, with complete lymph node dissection, was performed in Greece in 2004 by Dr. G. Hilaris and his team.
In 2009, Dr. G. Hilaris and his team performed the first ever robot-assisted surgical staging in Greece, for endometrial cancer in a 39-year-old patient.