Very often, this decision is also based on how invasive the treatment is and its chance of succeeding.

Feelings about invasive treatments, relationship stress and more from seven women living with infertility.

"So urologists are very interested in a minimally invasive treatment."

Active surveillance refers to observation and regular monitoring without invasive treatment.

Medications will often relieve symptoms so patients do not need more invasive treatments.

A more invasive, but sometimes necessary treatment involves surgical exploration as a last resort.

As expected, among the invasive treatment group angioplasty was performed in a high proportion of cases.

However, due to its cost and the risk of complications, researchers are searching for other effective yet less invasive treatments.

Whether you have tried the least invasive treatments first.

When she heard about a new minimally invasive treatment, she decided to try it.