Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
- 제28권3호
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- Pages.215-223
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- 2001
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- 2233-8233(pISSN)
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- 2233-8241(eISSN)
자궁선종을 동반한 자궁근종에서 자궁동맥 색전술을 이용한 치료의 효과
Uterine Arterial Embolization for the Treatment of Leiomyomas Accompanying with Adenomyosis
- 장진범 (연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
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배상욱
(연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
- 임재학 (연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
- 이도연 (연세대학교 진단방사선과학교실) ;
- 김정연 (연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
- 정경아 (연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
- 김세광 (연세대학교 산부인과학교실) ;
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박기현
(연세대학교 산부인과학교실)
- Jang, Jin-Beum (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
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Bai, Sang-Wook
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
- Lim, Jae-Hak (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Do-Yeon (Department of Radiology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Jung-Yeon (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
- Jeong, Kyung-Ah (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Sei-Kwang (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine) ;
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Park, Ki-Hyun
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei university, College of Medicine)
- 발행 : 2001.09.30
초록
Objective: The purpose of this study was to make a guideline of uterine artery embolization for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas accompanying with adenomyosis in Korea. Materials and Methods : We performed the retrospective study for 37 women who had uterine leiomyomas accompanying with adenomyosis. Bilateral uterine artery embolization was performed in 37 patients (age range 25-65) during 17 months with pain, hypermenorrhea, urinary frequency etc due to leiomyomas. Ultrasound imaging was performed before the procedure and at mean 6.9 months after the procedure. Results: All procedures were technically successful. Mean clinical follow-up was 12.8 months. Minor complication occurred in 82% patients after the procedure. After imaging follow-up (mean, 6.9 months postprocedure), median uterine volume decreased 34.4%, and dominant myoma volume decreased 86%. There was no statistical difference in uterine volume reduction and dominant myoma size reduction whether occluding agents was polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol plus gelfoam, and gelfoam, and whether ultrasound measured Resistance Index value before the procedure was low or high. Conclusion: Primary candidates for uterine artery embolization include those with symptomatic uterine leiomyomas who no longer des ire fertility but wish to avoid surgery or are poor surgical risks. To our study, uterine volume reduction and dominant myoma size reduction in patients who had adenomyosis were similar to previous other studies in patients who had not adenomyosis. Therefore adenomyosis should not be considered as a contraindication for uterine artery embolization. Because there is little data about subsequent reproductive potential after this procedure, it should not be routinely advocated for infertile women. Further investigation is warranted for occluding agents and Resistance Index.