Abstract:Interventional radiology has become increasingly prominent among the different medical specialties. Undoubtedly, one of the greatest developments in the field of gynecology is the technique of uterine fibroid embolization for treating uterine myomas that has benefited an increasing number of symptomatic patients. Annually in the United States, approximately 600 thousand women are submitted to hysterectomy. In Brazil, the accurate number of women submitted to hysterectomy is still to be known, and, consequently… Show more
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