Burkina Faso: 48-year-old woman freed from 4.28 kg uterine fibroids at Gaoua regional hospital
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CHR of Gaoua: woman successfully operated on for a tumour of over 4 kg (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the Gaoua regional hospital (CHR), a 48-year-old patient underwent a successful total hysterectomy to remove a uterine fibroid mass weighing 4.28 kg. The ovaries were preserved and the patient is recovering.
Gaoua: 4,280 kg of fibroids removed from a patient (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
A team at the Gaoua regional hospital (CHR), led by gynaecologist Robert Palé, removed a 4.280 kg fibroid mass from a 48-year-old patient during a roughly one-hour operation, ending five years of pain.
Burkina Faso: 48-year-old woman freed from 4.28 kg uterine fibroids at Gaoua regional hospital (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
A medical team at the Gaoua regional hospital (CHR) removed uterine fibroids weighing 4.28 kg in total from a 48-year-old patient through a total hysterectomy with ovaries preserved. The patient had suffered from pain and anaemia for nearly five years.
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