title: Uterine artery embolization for symptomatic myomata.
abstract: Fibroid disease is common and causes significant health problems in women of childbearing age. Over the past several years, uterine artery embolization (UAE) has emerged as a minimally invasive treatment for symptomatic uterine myomata. Embolotherapy is effective in relieving myoma-related symptoms in 80% to 90% of patients. It requires shorter hospitalizations than traditional surgical therapies for myoma disease and is associated with faster recovery and lower complication risks than surgery. Patient selection, the UAE procedure, and post-UAE management are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Image Guided Surgery Associates, PC, Philadelphia, PA 19128, USA. kirsch@igsapc.com
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Worthington-Kirsch
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Siskin
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*