Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) in Maryland
Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths that can cause heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure, frequent urination, bloating, fatigue, and chronic pelvic pain, significantly impacting daily activities, work, relationships, and overall quality of life. While hysterectomy and myomectomy are often presented as the only options, surgery is not your only solution.
At VascuHealth, we offer Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive treatment that shrinks fibroids and relieves symptoms without removing the uterus, performed at our outpatient clinic in Largo, Maryland. Using image-guided technology, we block the blood flow feeding the fibroids through only a tiny skin puncture, avoiding the large incisions and prolonged recovery of traditional surgery. No open surgery. No hospital stay. You go home the same day.
Our founding physician earned his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at Christiana Care Health System. He grew up in Prince George’s County and founded VascuHealth to bring that level of specialist training directly to the community he knows. He reads your imaging with you in the room, explains what he sees in plain language and answers your questions before any treatment plan moves forward. Every procedure at VascuHealth is performed personally by your physician, not a resident or a rotating provider.
If your fibroids are affecting how you work, sleep or move through your day, you are a candidate for a conversation with us. These are the five most common presentations we see from patients searching for uterine fibroid embolization near them across Southern Maryland, Northern Virginia and beyond.
Pain That Has No Clear Explanation
A dull, aching pressure in the lower pelvis that worsens through the day and eases when you lie down is a defining feature of PCS. If your pain has been attributed to everything else without resolution, venous reflux may be the source.
Chronic pelvic pain linked to venous reflux, not stress
Treatment for pelvic congestion syndrome targets the root cause
Pelvic congestion syndrome misdiagnosed for years in most cases
Pelvic congestion syndrome embolization addresses the venous reflux driving your pain
Pressure That Builds All Day
When fibroids press against your bladder, bowel or uterine walls, you feel it as a constant fullness that rest does not relieve. This is not a symptom to manage with hormones while the underlying mass continues to grow.
Pelvic fullness that worsens through the day is a recognised fibroid pressure symptom
Fibroids pressing on your bowel cause bloating and irregular bowel habits
Pressure symptoms typically begin improving within weeks of UFE treatment
Hormones do not reduce fibroid volume or resolve mechanical pressure
Fibroids Compressing Your Bladder
Waking twice or more each night or needing the bathroom every two hours may be fibroid compression, not a bladder condition. Once UFE fibroid treatment relieves that compression, bladder function typically improves within weeks.
Urinary frequency is common in women with larger fibroid burdens
Fibroids near the bladder wall directly restrict its functional capacity
Bladder symptoms improve as fibroid volume reduces following embolization
Treating the fibroid resolves the compression without bladder procedures
Pain Your Doctor Has Not Resolved
If pelvic pain during your period, intercourse or daily life has not responded to prior treatment, your fibroids likely require direct intervention. We review your imaging and tell you plainly whether UFE treatment fits your situation.
Pelvic pain persisting through cycles and not responding to medication needs imaging
Fibroids cause pain during intercourse, daily movement and physical activity
Uterine fibroid embolization near me is the most searched non-surgical option
We confirm suitability at your first visit before any treatment is planned
A Fracture Caused by Osteoporosis or Trauma
Osteoporosis is the most common cause of vertebral compression fractures, though a fall, trauma or less commonly a tumor can also cause one. Kyphoplasty is usually recommended when a CT scan or MRI confirms the fracture and conservative treatments haven’t relieved your pain.
Osteoporosis is the leading cause of vertebral compression fractures
Trauma, including falls, can fracture a vertebra even without underlying bone disease
Fractures related to a tumor are less common but are evaluated the same way
Understanding the cause is part of confirming candidacy for kyphoplasty
Book Directly at VascuHealth, Same-Week Appointments Available
Tired of searching for UFE treatment near you? Look no further. Our Maryland clinic specializes in Uterine Fibroid Embolization and we’ll get you in the same week. Call us today to book your appointment.
Uterine fibroids rely on a steady blood supply to grow and cause symptoms like heavy bleeding, pelvic pressure, frequent urination, and discomfort. Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) treats fibroids at their source, with no surgery required. At VascuHealth, we perform UFE using advanced image-guided technology at our outpatient center in Largo, Maryland. A small catheter is inserted through the wrist or groin and guided to the arteries supplying the fibroids. Using real-time imaging, we deliver microscopic particles that reduce blood flow while preserving healthy uterine tissue. Over the following weeks, the fibroids shrink, easing heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, pressure, and urinary frequency. For many women, UFE offers lasting relief while avoiding major surgery and a long recovery.
From your first consultation to your follow-up, we’re with you at every stage. Here is exactly what to expect when you choose UFE treatment at our clinic.
Our physician holds ABR board certification and active membership in SIR, RSNA, VIVA and OEIS, the governing bodies that set the clinical standard for vascular and interventional medicine in the United States. These memberships require continuing education and peer accountability. The uterine fibroid embolization in Maryland you receive at our clinic is held to the same standard as major academic hospitals, delivered in your community with the same physician guiding you from first visit to last.
From Upper Marlboro to Southern Maryland, our patients found UFE treatment at our clinic and went home the same day.
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Same-week appointments available, Monday through Friday. No referral needed.