Uterine fibroids: Uterine artery embolization versus abdominal hysterectomy for treatment - A prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical trial

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-431

  Pinto, Isabel ^a   Chimeno, Paloma ^a   Romo, Alicia ^a   Paúl, Laura ^a   Haya, Javier ^a   De la Cal, Miguel A ^a   Bajo, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteries, therapeutic embolization; Leiomyoma; Uterine neoplasms; Uterine neoplasms, therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABSCESS; ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARESTHESIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL WOUND; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0037295224     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011716     Document Type: Article

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