How does endometrial ablation work?
Dr. Armas: What endometrial ablation does is it uses some sort of energy force to destroy the lining of the uterus. The options are electricity, heat from hot water, ultrasound, or microwave energy – whatever it is, it’s to create heat to destroy or ablate the lining of the uterus permanently. The hydrothermal ablation uses water at 300 degrees Fahrenheit. That is my preferred method. That is the method that works tremendously well for a much broader population with relatively no side effects. Uterus 1: What treatments do you recommend for patients with uterine fibroids who are still hoping to have children one day? Dr. Armas: In a woman that comes in who is having trouble with fibroids and wants to preserve her fertility the most likely recommendation I would make at that point, and again it depends on where the fibroids are, would be removal of the fibroids with operative hysteroscopy. If she has intramural fibromas or subsurosal fibromas, then I would recommend a myomectomy, and tha
