Uterine artery embolization for fibroids: A review of current outcomes

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Freed, Max M ^a   Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Leiomyomas; Outcomes; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951617393     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251480     Document Type: Review

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