Uterine Artery Embolization versus Abdominal Myomectomy: A Long-term Clinical Outcome Comparison

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1011-1017

  Narayan, Anand ^a,b   Lee, Adrea S ^d   Kuo, George P ^c   Powe, Neil ^a,b   Kim, Hyun S ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MYOMECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOMECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARYLAND; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953869442     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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