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Lesion volume reduction, change in symptoms of menstrual pain, and quality of life were examined. Major and minor complications, together with re-intervention rates, were evaluated. Results: Eighty-one HIFU treatments were performed in seventy-nine premenopausal women. The follow-up period was up to 95 months. A total of 65 women underwent treatment for uterine fibroids and 14 were treated for adenomyosis. For patients with uterine fibroids, the baseline fibroid volume median was 190.1 cm3 (18.5\u20131729.4 cm3). Fibroid volume was reduced by 50.1% (\u221226.2\u201397.8, p &lt; 0.0001) at 6 months and 66.9% (\u221233.7\u201398.3, p &lt; 0.0001) at 12 months after treatment. The modified Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Quality of Life (UFS-QOL) scores had decreased by 43.5% (0\u201362.5%, p &lt; 0.0001) at 6 months and 50% (0\u201373%, p &lt; 0.0001) at 12 months after treatment. In the adenomyosis arm, the median baseline uterine volume was 97.7 cm3 (43.7\u2013367.4 m3). Uterine volume was reduced by 19.6% (range: 1.2\u201342.0, p = 0.28) at 6 months and 41.9% (18.9\u201369.2, p = 0.04) at 12 months after treatment. UFS-QOL scores were reduced by 38.1% (6\u201366.7%, p &lt; 0.0001) at 6 months and 40% (0\u201370%, p &lt; 0.0001) at 12s month after treatment. Fourteen (21.5%) patients with uterine fibroid and five (35.7%) patients with adenomyosis required subsequent interventions. Conclusions: HIFU provides symptomatic relief to most patients with uterine fibroids and adenomyosis. 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