Curr Health Sci J, vol. 40, no. 3, 2014

Uterine artery emerging variants - angiographic aspects

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DANA ALBULESCU(1), C. CONSTANTIN(1), GABRIELA CONSTANTIN(2)


(1)university of medicine and pharmacy of craiova,
(2)Department of Radiology, Emergency County Hospital Craiova


Abstract:

Uterine artery embolization as a therapeutic method in fibromyoma requires a good knowledge of the origin of the uterine artery to the success of this procedure involving selective catheterization. This study presents a classification of anatomical variants of uterine artery as a retrospective review of consecutive arteriogram, complete with various aspects of the origin of the uterine artery in cadaver dissection, in the Department of Anatomy.


Keywords:
uterine artery, anatomical variant, embolization



Corresponding:
Dana Albulescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rares St, Craiova, Romania; e-mail: med73danam@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.40.03.11 - Download PDF