Outcomes after unilateral uterine artery embolization: A retrospective review

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-259

  Bratby, M J ^a   Hussain, F F ^b   Walker, W J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embolization; Fibroids; Magnetic resonance imaging; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 41049118552     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9092-8     Document Type: Review

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