title: Safety and Effectiveness of UFE in Fibroids Larger than 10 cm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Early literature suggested that the size of the uterus, the size of the dominant fibroid, and the amount of applied embolization particles would be the risk factors for major postprocedural complications, but recent publications have confuted these early results. The purpose of our study was to evaluate whether the size of the dominant fibroid would influence the complication rate and effectiveness in a large single-center cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 28 April 2008 until 31 December 2012, 303 patients had uterine artery embolization (UAE). 262 patients had small [largest diameter <10 cm (Group 1)], 41 patients had large [largest diameter >10 cm (Group 2)] fibroid. UAE was performed from unilateral femoral access using 500-710 and 355-500 µm polyvinyl alcohol particles. Periprocedural and postprocedural complications and numerical analog quality-of-life scores (0-unbearable symptoms; 100-perfect quality of life) were listed and statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the mean follow-up time [7.79 ± 5.16 (SD) month], data on 275 patients (275/303 = 90.8 %) were available. Quality-of-life score was 33.3 ± 23.5 and 33.5 ± 24.1 before, whereas 85.6 ± 16.0 and 81.5 ± 23.5 after UAE in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively, (Mann-Whitney U test one-sided, p = 0.365). There were 4 myoma expulsions, 1 acute myomectomy, and 2 acute hysterectomies reported from Group 1, meanwhile 1 myoma expulsion, 1 acute myomectomy, and 2 acute hysterectomies were documented from Group 2 (NS differences).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no significant difference in the effectiveness and in the number of minor and major complications between fibroids with <10 cm largest diameter compared to those >10 cm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. berczi@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bérczi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. evapeneva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Éva
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Valcseva
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. dora.kozics@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dóra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kozics
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. ilkalina@t-online.hu.
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kalina
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. kaposipal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaposi
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. psziller@t-online.hu.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sziller
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. varbiroszabolcs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Szabolcs
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Várbíró
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. erzsebetbotos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Erzsébet Mária
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Botos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acute hysterectomy and myomectomy; Dominant fibroid; Major complications; Uterine artery embolization (UAE)