| 1. | Around the country, about 500 radiologists perform uterine artery embolization.
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| 2. | Blocking blood flow to treat a medical condition is called embolization.
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| 3. | Other treatments include embolization, radiation therapy, and continued observation.
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| 4. | Nonsurgical treatments include embolization, radiation therapy, and continued observation.
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| 5. | Angiographic embolization may be used for both upper and lower GI bleeds.
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| 6. | Hysterectomy due to infection, pain or failure of embolization.
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| 7. | Selective uterine artery embolization has been successfully performed to treat interstial pregnancies.
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| 8. | French doctors first reported the embolization procedure in 1995.
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| 9. | Placental vessels have also been blocked by angiographic embolization.
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| 10. | Failure of embolization surgery-continued fibroid growth, regrowth within four months.
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