Clinical outcomes of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery for uterine myomas: 24-Month follow-up

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-589

  Funaki, K ^a   Fukunishi, H ^a   Sawada, K ^a  

^a Shinsuma General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical effects; Coagulative necrosis; Focused ultrasound; MRgFUS; Myoma; Non perfused volume; Symptom improvement; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JAPANESE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350497703     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7455     Document Type: Article

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