title: Pregnancy after embolization therapy for uterine arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe childbearing prognosis following embolization therapy for uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and review.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirteen patients, including our case, who underwent pregnancy after embolization therapy for arteriovenous malformation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two successive embolization procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Childbearing prognosis following embolization therapy for uterine AVM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bilateral embolization was performed in seven patients. In four cases, including ours, two successive embolization procedures were required to treat the uterine AVM. The longest delay between embolization and pregnancy was 5 years and the shortest was six weeks. Two patients presented with postpartum hemorrhage which was treated medically. One neonate required resuscitation after delivery in the context of Listeria infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conservative management of uterine AVMs using embolization therapy is being increasingly developed. New embolization agents and hyperselective technical procedures aim at reducing morbidity related to such treatments and preserving reproductive capacity in women of childbearing age.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Reproduction et Médecine Faetale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l'Archet II, Nice, France. jdelotte@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delotte
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Castillon
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bongain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*