What is the Effect of Fibroids on Fertility?
It has often been suggested that infertility and/or repeated miscarriage can be caused by fibroids. However, the statistical evidence for infertility is lacking and other factors are more likely to cause infertility in fibroid patients. Some researchers have suggested that the presence of fibroids may predispose a patient to miscarriage, but again firm statistical evidence to support this possibility is not yet available. There have been studies in infertile women in whom the only identifiable cause is the presence of fibroids. After myomectomy (surgical removal of the fibroids, leaving the uterus in place), these studies have shown that 40 to 60 % of these women have been able to become pregnant. However, because large studies have not been completed and infertility may have many causes, it is imprudent to assume that fibroids are the cause without a careful evaluation for other problems. What is the Risk of Malignant Tumour with Fibroids? A common question is whether a large mass in
