Initial experience of uterine fibroid embolization using porous gelatin sponge particles

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-521

  Katsumori, Tetsuya ^a   Kasahara, Toshiyuki ^a   Oda, Minori ^a   Kotani, Tomoya ^a  

^a Medical Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolization; Fibroid; Gelatin sponge; Outcomes; Quality of life; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GELATIN SPONGE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; IOPAMIDOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE FIBROID SYMPTOM AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959575026     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9919-6     Document Type: Article

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