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Uterine Artery Embolization: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposal for Research

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Uterine Artery Embolization: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposal for Research - Broder, Michael S, and Harris, Katherine, and Morton, Sally C
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The benign tumors known as terine leiomyomata are a common cause of significant, often disabling syptoms among women. For women whose symptoms are not controlled by hormones or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, surgery--hysterectomy or myomectomy--is required. Over the long term, about 10 percent of women who have had a myomectomy will later require a hysterectomy to control bleeding. Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a minimally invasive radiologic technique for reducing symptoms caused by uterine leiomyomata. A ...

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Uterine Artery Embolization: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposal for Research 2000, RAND Corporation

ISBN-13: 9780833028082

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