Outcomes of abdominal myomectomy vs uterine fibroid embolization in morbidly obese women
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CLINICAL INVESTIGATION Cost and Reimbursement for Three Fibroid Treatments: Abdominal Hysterectomy, Abdominal Myomectomy, and Uterine Fibroid Embolization
Purpose: To compare costs and reimbursements for three different treatments for uterine fibroids. Methods: Costs and reimbursements were collected and analyzed from the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital decision support database from 540 women who underwent abdominal hysterectomy (n = 299), abdominal myomectomy (n = 105), or uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) (n = 136) for uterine fibroids d...
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Interventional radiologists have performed uterine artery embolization to treat women with emergency uterine bleeding since the 1970s. In this procedure, the physician guides a small angiographic catheter into the uterine arteries and injects a stream of tiny particles that decreases blood flow to the uterus. It is now considered a safe and highly effective nonsurgical treatment of women with s...
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PURPOSE to evaluate the effectiveness of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) in patients with giant fibroids, with regard to both clinical outcomes and size reduction. METHODS twenty-six patients with a mean age of 36.5 years, carrying symptomatic fibroids with a volume over 1,000 cm³, were referred for UFE. All patients had indication for percutaneous treatment. The procedures were performed ...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of pregnancy after uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Private hospital affiliated with a university. PATIENT(S) In a single center, UFE was performed in 74 patients who wanted to become pregnant. INTERVENTION(S) Polyvinyl alcohol particles (PVA) or embozene microspheres were used to embolize the uterine arteries. Enh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1051-0443
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.695