Initial experience with ovarian vein embolization for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 843-846

  Bachar, Gil Nissim ^a,e   Belenky, Alexander ^a,e   Greif, Franklin ^b,d,e   Atar, Eli ^a,e   Gat, Yigal ^a,e   Itkin, Maxim ^a,d   Verstanding, Anthony ^c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Surgery A ^*  (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Coils; Doppler ultrasound; Embolization; Ovarian vein; Venography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; OVARIAN VEIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PELVIC PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346888722     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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