Transcatheter angiographic embolization for the control of massive pelvic hemorrhage due to gestational trophoblastic disease: A case series and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-97

  Moodley, M ^a   Moodley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angiographic embolization; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Pelvic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEDATION; TRANSCATHETER ANGIOGRAPHIC EMBOLIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037217411     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13016.x     Document Type: Article

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