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Evidence Increasing On Successful Treatment With Uterine Artery Embolization.(treatment of uterine fibroids)
2001 JUL 26 - (NewsRx Network) -- A study in the July 2001 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology provides additional evidence that uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a safe and effective procedure for reducing symptoms of uterine fibroids.
In one of the largest UAE studies reported so far, 90% of patients were satisfied with symptom relief up to two years after the procedure.
UAE uses a catheter to cut off blood supply to arteries feeding the fibroids. Fibroids are benign uterine tumors occurring in about one fourth of all women, and can cause excessive menstrual bleeding, pelvic or other pain, or urinary frequency. Fibroids are the most common reason for hysterectomy in the U.S., although myomectomy - surgery that ...
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- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service November 14, 2002 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly December 19, 2002 700+ words
...date of uterine artery embolization as a treatment...treated with uterine artery embolization, an interventional...evidence that uterine artery embolization is a clinically...of radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington...
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- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Splete, Heidi June 15, 2005 700+ words
...underwent uterine artery embolization for the treatment...radiology at Georgetown University, Washington...used in uterine artery embolization. Dr. Spies...with uterine artery embolization was high...
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- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Jancin, Bruce November 1, 2006 700+ words
...late failure of uterine artery embolization is incomplete devascularization...prospective study of uterine artery embolization (UAE) who had infarction...professor of radiology at Georgetown University, Washington. "This is...
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- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly December 12, 2002 700+ words
...that this new "uterine artery embolization" has never been fully studied...cesarean deliveries. Uterine artery embolization, or UAE, is a far less...complications occur. So Georgetown University Hospital tracked 400 embolization...
- Fibroid treatment maintains favorable 5-year track record.(Women's...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Splete, Heidi May 15, 2005 700+ words
...women who underwent uterine artery embolization for the treatment of fibroids...professor of radiology at Georgetown University, Washington, and his associates...particles used in uterine artery embolization. Dr. Spies, a member...
- Uterine artery embolization and gynecologic embolotherapy.(INTERNAL MEDICINE,...
- Magazine article from: SciTech Book News June 1, 2005 700+ words
...RC280 2004-015390 0-7817-4532-2 Uterine artery embolization and gynecologic embolotherapy. Title main entry...2005 164 p. $99.00 Spies (radiology, Georgetown University Hospital) and Pelage (radiology, University...
- Evidence Increasing On Successful Treatment With Uterine Artery...
- Newspaper article from: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week July 29, 2001 700+ words
...additional evidence that uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a safe and effective...200 UAE patients by researchers at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, found...study is James B. Spies, MD, Georgetown University Dept. of Radiology, Washington...
