TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC UTERINE FIBROIDS WITH UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION
Wael Ibrahim
Medical Imaging Department, Interventional Unit King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam
Zakareya Al Safran
Medical Imaging Department, Interventional Unit King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam
Hosam Hasan
Medical Imaging Department, Interventional Unit King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam
Wael Abu Zeid
Medical Imaging Department, Interventional Unit King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam
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Keywords

Uterine Fibroids
Embolization
Uterine Artery
Interventional Radiology
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
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Abstract

Uterine fibroids are the most common solid tumors of female genital tract ;they develop in 20%–40% of women of childbearing age [1] . The true prevalence of uterine fibroids is unknown, because more than 50% of these tumors are asymptomatic [2] .
Twenty percent to 30% of hysterectomies are performed to treat uterine fibroids that cause bleeding, pelvic pain, and/or refractory anemia [3] .However, therapeutic alternatives to hysterectomy exist for patients with these neoplasms. A primary
alternative is treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, alone or in combination with more conservative surgical treatments, such as myomectomy or myolysis. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists have not been proven to be a definitive solution [4] . Uterine artery embolization (UAE) was introduced in 1995 [5].since that time it has been described as an alternative to hysterectomy for the management of non-acute uterine hemorrhage caused by fibroids [6]0 . The aim of our
study is to evaluate the efficiency of uterine artery embolization in treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids.

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