Elsharkawy, AM; Elsaeed, HH; Kamel, AH; Morgan, R; Elshafey, MH
(2020)
Comparison between the outcome of single versus multiple uterine fibroids after uterine artery embolization.
EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 51 (1).
p. 77.
ISSN 2090-4762
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00192-4
SGUL Authors: Morgan, Robert Anthony
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Abstract
Background Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumor of the reproductive tract in women. Uterine artery embolization has been approved as an alternative treatment option for uterine fibroids to reduce uterine and fibroid volumes as well as to relieve the patient symptoms. The current study included 80 patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids. All patients underwent pre-embolization MRI, uterine artery embolization, and follow-up post-embolization MRI at 6 months post procedure for a reduction in uterine and dominant fibroid volumes. The aim of the study was to assess the role of transcatheter uterine artery embolization in reducing the uterine fibroid volume. Results There was a significant difference in the uterine volume reduction between a group with single fibroids and a group with multiple uterine fibroids The mean uterine volume reduction in the first group was 46.5% compared to 37.4% reduction in the second group. While there was no significant difference in the dominant fibroid volume reduction between both groups (48.8% and 44.9% respectively). Conclusions UAE has a high efficacy in the reduction of both the uterine volume and the dominant fibroid volume, which results in improvement in patient’s quality of life.
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Keywords: | Fibroids, Uterine artery embolization, Gynecologic interventions | ||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) > Vascular & Cardiac Surgery (INCCVC) |
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Journal or Publication Title: | EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE | ||||||
ISSN: | 2090-4762 | ||||||
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Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Web of Science ID: | WOS:000536071300002 | ||||||
URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/112114 | ||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00192-4 |
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