Bilateral Versus Unilateral Femoral Access for Uterine Artery Embolization: Results of a Randomized Comparative Trial

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 829-835

  Costantino, Mary ^a   Lee, Justin ^a   McCullough, Michael ^a   Nsrouli Maktabi, Hala ^a   Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR ACCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952321986     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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