Efficacy of uterine artery embolisation for treatment of symptomatic fibroids and adenomyosis - An interim report on an Australian experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Liang, Eisen ^a   Brown, Bevan ^a   Kirsop, Rodney ^a   Stewart, Paul ^a   Stuart, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Uterine artery embolisation; Uterine fibroid

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS;

EID: 84859467444     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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