Publicaties

Objectives: To assess the long-term freedom of surgical conversion after uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) and to define predictors for better clinical outcome. Additionally, the potential of pregnancy after UFE is assessed. Study design: Single-center retrospective cohort study including 190 patients who underwent UFE between 2001 and 2016. Data were obtained by postal questionnaire including symptom severity, late reintervention rate and post ...

Background Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is a minimally invasive imaging-guided treatment using radiation exposure. Purpose To compare the patients' radiation exposure during UFE before and after introduction of a new X-ray imaging platform. Material and Methods Forty-one patients were enrolled in a prospective, comparative two-arm project before and after introduction of a new X-ray imaging platform with reduced dose settings, i.e. novel ...

Myometrial pregnancy represents a rare subtype of ectopic pregnancy. A history of uterine artery embolization (UAE) because of symptomatic uterine fibroids, and assisted reproductive treatment may predispose to this unusual implantation site. A 40-year-old woman with a history of uterine fibroids underwent a transfer of two embryos after intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment. The combined findings on transvaginal ultrasound scan, pelvic ...

The clinical success of uterine artery embolization is determined by its endpoint. An aggressive UAE could lead to endometritis and increases the risk of unintended embolization of other organs. Conversely, an incomplete procedure may result in a poor clinical outcome due to regrowth of the fibroids. We present a case with innovative use of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) for the assessment of vascularity of the targeted ...