Open AccessSuccessful spontaneous pregnancy and delivery following myomectomy and uterine artery embolization (UAE) – A case report
Author(s) -
Z.K. Balghari,
Nan Haw Chow,
Nicolino Comi,
Antonios V Antoniou
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
middle east fertility society journal/middle east fertility society journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2090-3251
pISSN - 1110-5690
DOI - 10.1016/j.mefs.2010.11.002
Subject(s) - medicine , uterine artery embolization , pregnancy , endometriosis , uterine fibroids , obstetrics , fertility , embolization , uterine artery , retrospective cohort study , gynecology , live birth , surgery , gestation , population , genetics , environmental health , biology
Uterine artery embolization has emerged as an effective treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Nevertheless because of the uncertainty about the effects of UAE on fertility, women who still want to become pregnant are sometimes excluded from treatment. Pregnancy after UAE has been described in the published literature in the form of case reports, case series and retrospective cohort studies. We present an interesting case of a successful spontaneous pregnancy and delivery in a 42year old woman, who was diagnosed to have fibroids and endometriosis. She had a myomectomy followed by two procedures of UAE for recurrent fibroids and was treated for extensive endometriosis