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The initial effect of embolization of uterine leiomyomas with embozene spheres

SUMMARY

Purpose

Evaluating the initial effect of fibroid embolization procedure with embozene microspheres at Bach Mai radiology department.

Methods and objectives

Follow - up study from January 2015 to February 2016, we treated 41 patients who manifest symptom clinically (mean ± SD age 37.3 ± 5.7 years, range 24-47 years). Assessing including: clinical symptom, volume of fibroid after treatment 1 month, 3 months, 6 months by ultrasound and magenic resonance imaging after 6 months.

Results

The mean tumor volume 65.6 ± 5. 8 ml (range 1.7-353). A total of 51 tumors of 41 patients were carried out intervention, a technical success rate of 100%. Post intervention 54% patients were painless, the mean pain time 1.2 ± 0.7 day. There are no main complication. After 6 months, 96.1% patients stopped hypermenorrhea, 94.4% patients disappeared abdominal pain. Quality of life index improved 3.8 point. The tumor volume decrease 19.6% after 1 month, 53.3% after 3 months, 80.1% after 6 months (P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Embozene microspheres is a potentially chosen material inuterine artery embolization because of its safe and effective procedure.

Key words: fibroid, uterine artery embolization, embozene microspheres.