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First Patient Treated with Incision-Free Alternative to Hysterectomy
Sonata® Treatment Now Available to Relieve Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Caused by Uterine Fibroids

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[Location] – [Date] –The [Hospital Name]is one of the first hospitals in [Country] to offer the Sonata Treatment, an incision-free alternative to hysterectomy for women who suffer from heavy periods caused by uterine fibroids.

Each year, more than [insert number of procedures] women undergo treatment for uterine fibroids at [Hospital Name]. Symptomatic fibroids can cause painful periods and heavy menstrual bleeding which impact the quality of life for many women.

Treatment options for uterine fibroids vary from hysterectomy (removing the uterus) to hormone therapy. New technologies are emerging to accommodate the desire to avoid surgical incisions and to preserve the uterus. In 2015, the DGGG provided new guidance that physicians should consider alternative treatments before performing hysterectomy to remove uterine fibroids.1

[Physician Name and Title] treated his first study patient on [date]. “More and more women are seeking incision-free alternatives for fibroid treatment and want to avoid a hysterectomy. The Sonata Treatment procedure is incision-free, does not require general anesthesia, and in a clinical study, 9 out of 10 women reported lighter periods within three months of treatment.” says [Physician Name].

A recent study of almost 2300 women in Germany suggests that more than 50 % of all women may develop uterine fibroids at some time in their life. Over 40% of the women studied had confirmed presence of fibroids by ultrasound. 2

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1Indikation und Methodik der HysterektomiebeibenignenErkrankungen, DGGG Programm, 2015 April

2Ahrendt, HJ.,Tylkoski, H., Rabe, T. et al. Prevalence of uterine myomas in women in Germany: data of an epidemiological study, Arch GynecolObstet (2016) 293: 1243. doi:10.1007/s00404-015-3930-8