FEMIC (Fibromes Embolisés aux MICrosphères calibrées): Uterine fibroid embolization using tris-acryl microspheres. A French multicenter study

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 600-606

  Joffre, Francis ^a   Tubiana, Jean Michel ^b   Pelage, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a Soc Francaise d'Imagerie C ^*  (France)

^b Coll de Radiol Interventionnelle ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Embolization, uterine arteries; Fibroid; Tris acryl microspheres; Uterus, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; GELATIN; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MICROSPHERES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 11244249555     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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