Clinical study progress in high intensity focused ultrasound ablation for adenomyosis

The conventional treatment for adenomyosis including surgery and drugs are not the desired choices,for the surgery might result in both physical and psychological injury in women,especially in the childbearing aged women,while the drug therapy mostly can not treat the disease basically. This article aims to introduce the development,principle,and monitoring of high intensity focused ultrasound( HIFU) ablation technique as well as its indications,contraindications,safety,effectiveness,and dosimetry for adenomyosis.