Recent advances in uterine fibroid embolization

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 562-567

  Spies, James B ^a   Patel, Amee A ^a   Epstein, Nathan B ^a   White, Amy M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization; Leiomyomas; Outcomes; Therapy; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFARCTION; INFECTION; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 27844578692     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000183945.76602.6b     Document Type: Review

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