Embolization of the uterine arteries before termination of a 15-week cervical pregnancy.
The authors describe a patient with a 15-week cervical pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization. The pregnancy was safely aborted after preoperative embolization of the uterine arteries. Fertility was preserved.
Saliken
J C
JC
Department of Radiological Sciences and Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta.
Normore
W J
WJ
Pattinson
H A
HA
Wood
S
S
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*