title: Fetal growth and Doppler assessment in patients with a history of bilateral internal iliac artery embolization.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pregnancy occurring after pelvic arterial embolization for postpartum hemorrhage is rare. The harmlessness of this procedure for subsequent pregnancies is poorly documented.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight pregnant women with a history of arterial embolization were followed up with fetal growth and Doppler assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fetal growth and umbilical Doppler findings remained normal in all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Embolization, a life-saving and fertility-preserving procedure, does not seem to affect subsequent pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Picone
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ville
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kadoch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frydman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D020567:Fetal Weight; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex