Selective uterine artery embolization as primary treatment for symptomatic leiomyomata uteri

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-284

  Hutchins Jr , Francis L ^a,b,e   Worthington Kirsch, Robert ^c,d   Berkowitz, Robert P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hutchins Inst Women's Hlth PC   (United States)

^c Delaware Valley Imaging Ltd   (United States)

^d PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Hutchins Inst for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FENTANYL; HYDROXYZINE; IBUPROFEN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0342723781     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(99)80061-9     Document Type: Article

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