Recently, a doctor at Parkview Medical Center performed a procedure that until then had never been done in Colorado.
Dr. Fernando Mahmoud, an OBGYN at Parkview, has performed the first few minimally invasive procedures to treat uterine fibroids, or muscled masses that grow on the outside of a uterus, through a surgery that has become common on the East and West Coast.
The procedure, marketed and known as the brand-name Acessa surgery, known in medical terms as laparascopic radiofrequency ablation, utilizes an ultrasound probe to locate each fibroid and applies controlled heat to the fibroid tissue, destroying it without hurting the uterus. Only two, small incisions are needed to perform the surgery.
Pueblo doctor first in state to offer procedure for women
A Pueblo doctor will be the first in Colorado to offer a less invasive procedure for women with cervical fibrosis.
and last updated 2021-04-08 18:41:41-04
PUEBLO â A Pueblo doctor will be the first in Colorado to offer a less invasive procedure for women with cervical fibrosis.
The Acessa Treatment is essentially a safer alternative to a hysterectomy.
Instead of removing a woman s cervix entirely, the non-cancerous tumors caused by fibrosis are basically burned off. I didn t think I was doing the first procedure in the state of Colorado. I was just thinking that I m doing the best procedure that I have to offer to my patients. That s the way that I see it, Dr. Fernando Mahmoud said.
Parkview Medical Center is first in Colorado to implement new procedure for uterine fibroids
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo is the first hospital in the state of Colorado to provide women another option when it comes to their reproductive health.
It s called Acessa, and doctors at Parkview Medical Center say the surgery is a minimally invasive procedure meant to treat uterine fibroids.
According to Parkview, between 70-80% of women will experience uterine fibroids by the age of 50, and those with symptoms may experience heavy periods, reproductive issues, pain, urinary frequency, and anemia.
Before this procedure, women with symptomatic uterine fibroids would often require a myomectomy or hysterectomy where the entire uterus is removed. After a hysterectomy, the female patient would no longer have the opportunity to bear children.