Pregnancy outcome after magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for conservative treatment of uterine fibroids

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Rabinovici, Jaron ^a   David, Matthias ^b   Fukunishi, Hidenobu ^c   Morita, Yutaka ^d   Gostout, Bobbie S ^e   Stewart, Elizabeth A ^e,f  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Shinsuma General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Itabashi Chuo Medical Center   (Japan)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fibroid; leiomyoma; myomectomy; pregnancy; ultrasound; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CONCEPTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72749087284     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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