Emergency arterial embolization is a safe and effective means of control of primary postpartum hemorrhage. The procedure obviates high-risk surgery and allows maintenance of reproductive ability.
Although the small study population prevented the drawing of definitive conclusions, the data suggest that although incomplete fibroid infarction may not affect outcome immediately, regrowth of uninfarcted fibroid tissue may result in symptom recurrence.
PVA particles are associated with intense uterine necrosis and extensive arterial occlusion regardless of size. Calibrated MS, which are associated with less uterine necrosis, permit a segmental arterial occlusion correlated with size.
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