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Study: Uterine artery embolization effective treatment for fibroids.
2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of the largest prospective study to date of uterine artery embolization as a treatment for uterine fibroids shows a high clinical success rate, low complication rate, low treatment failure or symptom recurrence, and no regrowth of treated fibroids.
This study of 400 consecutive women showed an improvement in symptoms in 84% of women, and 97% of these women were pleased with the outcome and would recommend this treatment to others.
These results are similar to and confirm the results of another large prospective study of 200 women, reported on in the July 2001 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. That study showed an improvement of symptoms in 90% of patients and a less than 1% complication rate.
Four hundred consecutive women were treated with uterine artery embolization, an interventional radiology treatment, to relieve uterine fibroid symptoms. Indications included heavy menstrual bleeding, menstrual pain, abdominal swelling, or bloating and other pressure effects.
Eighty-four percent of women had improvement in symptoms. Only 1% (3 patients) had infective complications ...
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- Magazine article from: ASRT Scanner March 1, 2007 700+ words
...from England finds that uterine artery embolization enables significantly...of uterine fibroids. Uterine artery embolization was introduced in 1995...researchers compared uterine artery embolization and surgery in 157 women...
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News BOSCHERT, SHERRY September 1, 2000 700+ words
SAN FRANCISCO -- Uterine artery embolization relieved symptoms in...uterus. Overnight, uterine artery embolization became a commonly used...in size) to undergo uterine artery embolization with either plastic foam...
- Uterine artery embolization to treat fibroids usually...
- Magazine article from: JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants February 1, 2006 700+ words
...long-term outcomes for uterine artery embolization to treat uterine fibroids...933-939. Synopsis Uterine artery embolization is a less invasive intervention...symptoms were treated with uterine artery embolization. Women must have failed...
Source: HighBeam Research, Study: Uterine artery embolization effective treatment for fibroids.