Features influencing patient selection for fibroid treatment with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Of 333 women inquiring about minimally invasive image-guided treatments for fibroids, 209 (63%) were clinically eligible for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) according to criteria specified by the Food and Drug Administration and our institution's institutional review board. One hundred three clinically eligible patients had pelvic MR imaging, and 26 (25%) were anatomically eligible for MRgFUS. A substantial proportion were anatomically ineligible for more than one reason, including too much fibroid volume (19%), presence of bowel in the ultrasound beam path (13%), and significant adenomyosis (12%). Overall, 14% of women inquiring about minimally invasive image-guided treatments for fibroids were eligible for MRgFUS, a percentage that increased when additional institutional review board restrictions were lifted.

publication date

  • May 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Leiomyoma
  • Patient Selection
  • Ultrasonic Therapy
  • Uterine Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 34247525861

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.02.015

PubMed ID

  • 17494853

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 5