Uterine artery embolization can be employed in?
Ans DIndications for UAE are:* Intramural fibroids less than 7 centimeters in size, especially in women who want to avoid surgery or are not fit for surgery due to extreme obesity.* Excessive bleeding during periods* Pain and pressure-related symptoms in the lower abdomen and pelvis, such as a feeling of bloatness, increased frequency of urination, constipation and having to wake up at night to pass urine* Dysmenorrhea.* Abnormal uterine bleeding* Pseudoaneurysms of the uterine artery* Adenomyosis.* Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)* Infertility with fibroids and no other obvious cause, or contraindications to other modes of treatment* Ectopic pregnancies :tubal and ovarian pregnancies are treated by surgical removal, UAE is used to treat interstitial, cervical, abdominal and scar ectopic pregnancies
Large fibroids
Uterine AVM
Intractable bleeding
All of the above
Urogenital System