Uterine Artery Embolization Versus Occlusion for Uterine Leiomyomas: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Cunningham, Eve ^a   Barreda, Lorena ^a   Ngo, Michael ^a   Terasaki, Keith ^a   Munro, Malcolm G ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Heavy uterine bleeding; Leiomyomas; Menorrhagia; Myomas; Uterine artery embolization; Uterine artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MICROSPHERE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY OCCLUSION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 42249109541     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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