April 6, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — An initial session of pelvic arterial embolization (PAE) is safe and effective in 86.2% of patients with postpartum hemorrhage. Ji Hoon Shin, MD, associate ...

More than 150,000 hysterectomies are performed yearly in the United States for the specific indication of uterine fibroids. [10] Menorrhagia is the most common symptom, although pelvic pain, ...

"The first surprise was the precision and effectiveness of embolization on the possibility of devascularizing a large number of fibroids and the ability of the uterus to heal favorably as well as the ...

Symptomatic fibroids are treated traditionally by hysterectomy or myomectomy. However, in recent years uterine artery embolization has come to the fore as a successful alternative to surgical ...