Pain and return to daily activities after uterine artery embolization and hysterectomy in the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: Results from the randomized EMMY trial

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Hehenkamp, Wouter J K ^a   Volkers, Nicole A ^a   Birnie, Erwin ^a   Reekers, Jim A ^a   Ankum, Willem M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Hysterectomy; Pain Randomized controlled trial; Return to activity; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 32544432349     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0195-9     Document Type: Article

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