Review of nonsurgical/minimally invasive treatments for uterine fibroids

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 368-375

  Van Der Kooij, Sanne M ^a   Ankum, Willem M ^a   Hehenkamp, Wouter J K ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

laparoscopic hysteroscopic myomectomy; laparoscopic vaginal occlusion of uterine vessels; MRgFUS; myolysis radiofrequency ablation; uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FOLLITROPIN; MISOPROSTOL; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN;

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LACERATION; LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC UTERINE ARTERY OCCLUSION; LIVE BIRTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MALPRESENTATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MYOLYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; NAUSEA; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER STENT; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL UTERINE ARTERY OCCLUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84870243693     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328359f10a     Document Type: Review

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