Transcatheter uterine fibroid embolisation for uterine fibroids using a mobile fluoroscopy unit in an out-patient surgical centre

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 433-436

  McLucas, B ^a,b   Rappoport, A S ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; C arm fluoroscopy; Laparoscopic myomectomy; Menorrhagia; Uterine fibroid embolisation

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SPONGE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BODY POSITION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033502649     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909152920     Document Type: Article

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