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By comparing hematologic and fibroid characteristics and prospectively assessing clinical concordance with the model predictions, we sought to create an objective tool for surgical decision-making. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 618 women with UFs who were evaluated at three participating hospitals. Of these, 238 (38.5%) underwent surgery. Comparative statistical analyses were conducted between patients who underwent myomectomy and those who did not. Machine learning (ML) models were trained to predict myomectomy necessity. A clinical concordance assessment was conducted using 50 cases that were evaluated in real time by a gynecologist blinded to both the clinical outcomes and the model outputs. Agreement between clinical assessment and algorithm-based predictions was subsequently evaluated. Results: Hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations were significantly reduced in the surgery group compared with the non-surgery group (p &lt; 0.001). ML analyses integrating fibroid characteristics with anemia-related markers identified support vector ML models as the most accurate classifiers. Ferritin-based models achieved accuracies of 98\u201399% and near-perfect ROC\u2013AUC values. ML models combining UF number or volume with ferritin demonstrated the highest precision, sensitivity, and F1-scores. Clinical concordance analysis showed 98% agreement with the blinded gynecologist, with only one borderline discordant case. Conclusions: This decision helper algorithm provides a highly accurate and objective tool for predicting surgical necessity in patients with UFs. Anemia status and fibroid characteristics were the strongest predictors. 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