Pregnancy and natural delivery following magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery of uterine myomas

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-453

  Yoon, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Kyoung Ah ^a   Kim, Sang Heum ^a   Ha, Doo Hoe ^a   Lee, Chan ^a   Lee, Sun Young ^a   Jung, Sang Geun ^a   Kim, Seung Jo ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mri guided focused ultrasound surgery; Myoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY MASS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KOREA; LABOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLLAKISURIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954260089     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.3.451     Document Type: Article

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