Successful management of uterine arteriovenous malformation by ligation of feeding artery after unsuccessful uterine artery embolization

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Yokomine, Daisaku ^a   Yoshinaga, Mitsuhiro ^a   Baba, Yasutaka ^a   Matsuo, Takashi ^a   Iguro, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Douchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial ligation; Hysterectomy; Massive genital bleeding; Uterine arteriovenous malformation; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITAL BLEEDING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ARTERIES; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; UTERUS;

EID: 58849153726     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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