Review evidence summary of Uterine Fibroids in JBI.

Follow up studies addressing risk factors, such as fibroid size, for treatment failure or complications.  Pertinent studies include:

Parthipun AA, et al.   Does size really matter?  Analysis of the effect of large fibroids and uterine volumes on complication rates of uterine artery embolisation. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010Oct;33(5):955-9. Epub 2010 May 5. PubMed PMID: 20442999.

Smeets AJ, Nijenhuis RJ, van Rooij WJ, Weimar EA, Boekkooi PF, Lampmann LE,
Vervest HA, Lohle PN. Uterine artery embolization in patients with a large
fibroid burden: long-term clinical and MR follow-up. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol.
2010 Oct;33(5):943-8. Epub 2010 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 20066419

Hirst A, et al.  A multi-centre retrospective cohort study comparing the
efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of hysterectomy and uterine artery
embolisation for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids. The HOPEFUL
study. Health Technol Assess. 2008 Mar;12(5):1-248, iii. PubMed PMID: 18331704.

Arleo EK, Masheb RM, Pollak J, McCarthy S, Tal MG. Fibroid volume, location
and symptoms in women undergoing uterine artery embolization: does size or
position matter? Int J Fertil Womens Med. 2007 Mar-Jun;52(2-3):111-20. PubMed
PMID: 18320870.
In print at the WHSC Library

Firouznia K, Ghanaati H, Sanaati M, Jalali AH, Shakiba M. Uterine artery
embolization in 101 cases of uterine fibroids: do size, location, and number of
fibroids affect therapeutic success and complications? Cardiovasc Intervent
Radiol. 2008 May-Jun;31(3):521-6. Epub 2008 Jan 25. PubMed PMID: 18219521.

Siskin GP, et al.  UAE versus Myomectomy Study Group. A
prospective multicenter comparative study between myomectomy and uterine artery
embolization with polyvinyl alcohol microspheres: long-term clinical outcomes in
patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2006
Aug;17(8):1287-95. PubMed PMID: 16923975.

Reviewed 4/18/14  AA