Long-term Outcome from Uterine Fibroid Embolization with Tris-acryl Gelatin Microspheres: Results of a Multicenter Study

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Spies, James B ^a   Cornell, Curt ^a,b   Worthington Kirsch, Robert ^a,c   Lipman, John C ^a,d   Benenati, James F ^a,e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Biosphere Medical Inc   (United States)

^c Roxborough Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247264296     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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