Uterine restoration after repeated sloughing of fibroids or vaginal expulsion following uterine artery embolization

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1850-1854

  Park, Hye Ri ^a   Kim, Man Deuk ^a   Kim, Nack Keun ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Yoon, Sang Wook ^a   Park, Won Kyu ^b   Lee, Mee Hwa ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Expulsion; Ieiomyoma; Restoration; Uterine artery embolization; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 24044510457     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2700-6     Document Type: Article

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