Transvaginal Doppler-Guided Uterine Artery Occlusion for the Treatment of Symptomatic Fibroids: Summary Results From Two Pilot Studies

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Vilos, George A ^a,b,c   Vilos, Emily C ^b   Abu Rafea, Basim ^c   Hollett Caines, Jackie ^b   Romano, Walter ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Ischemia; Leiomyomas; Transvaginal doppler occlusion; Uterine artery embolization; Uterine artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MENORRHAGIA; MUSCLE CRAMP; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAPUBIC PRESSURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CLAMP; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951914084     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34429-2     Document Type: Article

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