摘要Adenomyosis is a common gynecological disease in reproductive women,which causes serious dysmenorrhea,menorrhagia,anemia,and infertility,and has a serious impact on the physical and mental health of women.Considering that the efficacy of the traditional medication and surgical treatment is not ideal,an increasing number of patients are searching for more effective and less invasive therapies.Ultrasound(US)-guided micro-wave ablation(MWA)has emerged as a new effective and minimally invasive alternative treatment for symp-tomatic adenomyosis,and it is widely being used in clinical settings.Several studies have proven that it is an efficient and safe treatment modality for symptomatic adenomyosis,but a significant variance in clinical out-comes reported in previous studies was also observed.Herein,we have analyzed the potential causes of this problem from the aspects of the diagnosis of adenomyosis,symptom evaluation before ablation,steps of US-guided ablation treatment,and outcome evaluation after ablation.Simultaneously,the clinical problems exist-ing in the ablation treatment of adenomyosis are discussed,and the directions of future research are pointed out.