What is the place of uterine artery embolisation in the management of symptomatic uterine fibroids?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-368

  Hickey, Martha ^a   Hammond, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myomectomy; Uterine artery embolisation; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOMECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50849131871     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00886.x     Document Type: Review

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