Long-term follow up of uterine artery embolisation - An effective alternative in the treatment of fibroids

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 464-468

  Walker, W J ^a   Barton Smith, P ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artery; Embolisation; Fibroids; Myoma; Uterine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MYOMECTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY FREQUENCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETREATMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 33645219376     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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