Sentences with phrase «uterine fibroid embolization»
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An official site of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: Feature article summaries and commentary on a variety of VIR topics such as uterine fibroid and prostate embolization, angioplasty, chemoembolization, and endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease.
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One, called uterine artery embolization, involves injecting particles into the arteries supplying blood to the fibroids to block them.
If medications aren't effective, you may need to undergo a more invasive procedure, such as uterine artery embolization, which eliminates fibroids by cutting off blood flow to them, or a myomectomy (surgical removal).
Fibroids can be eliminated by ultrasound surgery, uterine artery embolization (in which the blood supply to the fibroid is cut off), having them shaved off during surgery, hysterectomy, and other methods.