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Uterine fibroids or myomas are the most common pathology of the female genital system. They affect one in three women aged 35 and over, with a rate increase from the age of 40, involve a direct and indirect healthcare expense for the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment, resulting in a high social cost of the disease. Uterine fibroids unfortunately create both gynecological and obstetric problems, as they determine most hysterectomies and cause infertility, abortions, and obstetric complications, for example, premature births or placental abruption. In this chapter we will deal with the complex world of fibroids, with a complete overview, starting from biology, passing through histology and anatomy, continuing through gynecology, and ending in obstetrics. The authors propose to illustrate everything there is to know about fibroids in gynecology and obstetrics, up to complete the roundup with surgical treatments in both gynecology and obstetrics. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

Uterine fibroids or myomas are the most common pathology of the female genital system. They affect one in three women aged 35 and over, with a rate increase from the age of 40, involve a direct and indirect healthcare expense for the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment, resulting in a high social cost of the disease. Uterine fibroids unfortunately create both gynecological and obstetric problems, as they determine most hysterectomies and cause infertility, abortions, and obstetric complications, for example, premature births or placental abruption. In this chapter we will deal with the complex world of fibroids, with a complete overview, starting from biology, passing through histology and anatomy, continuing through gynecology, and ending in obstetrics. The authors propose to illustrate everything there is to know about fibroids in gynecology and obstetrics, up to complete the roundup with surgical treatments in both gynecology and obstetrics. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

Uterine myomas or fibroids are the most common benign female tumors of the reproductive organs, associated with significant morbidity and quality of life impairment. Several epidemiological risk factors for their occurrence have been identified so far, including nutrition and dietary habits. In this investigation, authors reviewed, as a narrative review, the data about diet and uterine myoma development in order to homogenize the current data. A PubMed search was conducted for the years 1990-2020, using a combination of keywords of interest for the selected topic. The authors searched the databases, selecting the randomized clinical studies, the observational studies, and the basic (experimental), clinical, and epidemiological researches. Once they collected the articles, they analyzed them according to the number of citations of each article, starting from the most cited to the least cited articles. Subsequently, authors collected the data of each article and inserted them in the various research paragraphs, summarizing the data collected. In this way, they crossed the available data regarding the association between nutrition habits and dietary components and myoma onset and growth. Many nutrients and dietary habits are associated with myoma development risk. These factors include low intakes of fruit, vegetables, and vitamin D, as well as pollutants in food. Despite the available data on the influence of some foods on the development of fibroids, further research is mandatory to understand all the nutrition risk factors which contribute to myoma growth and how exactly these risk factors influence myoma pathogenesis. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Uterine myomas or fibroids are the most common benign female tumors of the reproductive organs, associated with significant morbidity and quality of life impairment. Several epidemiological risk factors for their occurrence have been identified so far, including nutrition and dietary habits. In this investigation, authors reviewed, as a narrative review, the data about diet and uterine myoma development in order to homogenize the current data. A PubMed search was conducted for the years 1990-2020, using a combination of keywords of interest for the selected topic. The authors searched the databases, selecting the randomized clinical studies, the observational studies, and the basic (experimental), clinical, and epidemiological researches. Once they collected the articles, they analyzed them according to the number of citations of each article, starting from the most cited to the least cited articles. Subsequently, authors collected the data of each article and inserted them in the various research paragraphs, summarizing the data collected. In this way, they crossed the available data regarding the association between nutrition habits and dietary components and myoma onset and growth. Many nutrients and dietary habits are associated with myoma development risk. These factors include low intakes of fruit, vegetables, and vitamin D, as well as pollutants in food. Despite the available data on the influence of some foods on the development of fibroids, further research is mandatory to understand all the nutrition risk factors which contribute to myoma growth and how exactly these risk factors influence myoma pathogenesis. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.