Complication rates and effectiveness of uterine artery embolization in the treatment of symptomatic leiomyomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1153-1163

  Toor, Sundeep S ^a   Jaberi, Arash ^a   Blair Macdonald, D ^a   McInnes, Mathew D F ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Rasuli, Pasteur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Leiomyoma; Meta analysis; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEIOMYOMA TISSUE PASSAGE; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; RETREATMENT; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84868010678     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8362     Document Type: Review

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