Beyond uterine artery embolization for fibroids: what can interventional radiology do for you?

Muir T, Teale Muir, Nicholas Jesse, Jesse N, French H, Hannah French, Nicholas Voutsinas, Lara Harvey, Harvey L
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2025 · vol. 37(4) , pp. 247–254 · doi:10.1097/GCO.0000000000001034 · PMID:40304267
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This review details recent advances in interventional radiology for complex benign gynecologic conditions, including cryotherapy for endometriosis, UAE for adenomyosis, pelvic venous disorder embolization, and ultrasound-guided biopsies.

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This purpose-of-review article surveys recent advances in interventional radiology for benign complex gynecologic conditions beyond uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata, using a comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science for English-language articles published in the prior 18 months. It highlights image-guided procedures including cryotherapy for abdominal wall endometriosis, uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis, embolization for pelvic venous disorders, and ultrasound-guided biopsies for uterine myometrial tumors. A key limitation is that it is a narrative review with a time- and language-limited literature search rather than an original comparative study. Relevance to endometriosis: it explicitly mentions cryotherapy for abdominal wall endometriosis, and relevance to adenomyosis: it explicitly discusses uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review highlights important advances in image-guided therapies for patients with benign complex gynecological conditions, beyond uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata (fibroids). RECENT FINDINGS: A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed (NLM), Embase (Ovid), and Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate) to find English-written articles on interventional radiology gynecologic procedures, including cryotherapy for abdominal wall endometriosis, uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis, embolization for pelvic venous disorder, and ultrasound-guided biopsies for uterine myometrial tumors, focusing on articles published in the previous 18 months. SUMMARY: The role of interventional radiology has been expanding in complex benign gynecologic conditions with recent advances and new applications.
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Purpose of review This review highlights important advances in image-guided therapies for patients with benign complex gynecological conditions, beyond uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata (fibroids). Recent findings A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed (NLM), Embase (Ovid), and Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate) to find English-written articles on interventional radiology gynecologic procedures, including cryotherapy for abdominal wall endometriosis, uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis, embolization for pelvic venous disorder, and ultrasound-guided biopsies for uterine myometrial tumors, focusing on articles published in the previous 18 months. Summary The role of interventional radiology has been expanding in complex benign gynecologic conditions with recent advances and new applications.

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endometriosisadenomyosis

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Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma Leiomyoma

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