The EMMY trial of uterine artery embolization for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroid tumors: Randomized, yes, but a flawed trial nonetheless

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-415

  Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; CATHETERIZATION; CONVALESCENCE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MENORRHAGIA; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; NETHERLANDS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 33748281559     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61088-4     Document Type: Note

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