Patient care and uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata.
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R. Torrance Andrews, MD, James B. Spies, MD, David Sacks, MD, Robert L. Worthington-Kirsch, MD, Gerald A. Niedzwiecki, MD, M. Victoria Marx, MD, David M. Hovsepian, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD, Gary P. Siskin, MD, Rodney D. Raabe, MD, Scott C. Goodwin, MD, Robert J. Min, MD, Joseph Bonn, MD, John F. Cardella, MD, and Nilesh H. Patel, MD, for the Task Force on Uterine Artery Embolization and the Standards Division of the Society of Interventional Radiology
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UTERINE artery embolization (UAE) is a therapy that offers an alternative to traditional surgical procedures such as myomectomy and hysterectomy for women with symptomatic leiomyomata (fibroids). The clinical experience and the published literature indicate that this is an effective and safe therapy (1–9). For patients to receive the best possible care before, during, and after the embolization...
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Background. Several pregnancies have been reported after embolization of uterine artery. This procedure is an accepted nonsurgical treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids but its safety in women desiring future childbearing is not well established. Case Report. We present a 40-year-old woman with leiomyomata who became pregnant after previously undergone uterine artery embolization for three...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR
دوره 20 7 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004