Uterine Artery Embolization
"Uterine Artery Embolization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of embolizing agents to block the arterial blood supply to parts or all of the UTERUS. The procedures are done to control bleeding or to cause destruction of uterine tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D055357
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.520.360.575 E02.926.500.575 E04.950.300.883
|
| Concept/Terms |
Uterine Artery Embolization- Uterine Artery Embolization
- Artery Embolization, Uterine
- Artery Embolizations, Uterine
- Embolization, Uterine Artery
- Embolizations, Uterine Artery
- Uterine Artery Embolizations
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Uterine Artery Embolization".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Uterine Artery Embolization".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Uterine Artery Embolization" by people in this website by year, and whether "Uterine Artery Embolization" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Uterine Artery Embolization" by people in Profiles.
-
England RW, Anand J, Yanoshak E, Sidloski M, Muruka J, Maina FW, Mollura D, Dixon R, Shah TI, Anton K. Expanding Global IR Outreach to Address Postpartum Hemorrhage in Kenya Using Geospatial Analytic Mapping. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2025 06; 36(6):1067-1075.e1.
-
Makary MS, Zane K, Hwang GL, Kim CY, Ahmed O, Knavel Koepsel EM, Monroe EJ, Scheidt MJ, Smolock AR, Stewart EA, Wasnik AP, Pinchot JW. ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Management of Uterine Fibroids: 2023?Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Jun; 21(6S):S203-S218.
-
Machado P, Gillmore K, Tan A, Gonsalves C, Forsberg F. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and High Sensitive Doppler for Monitoring Outcomes of Uterine Artery Embolization. Acad Radiol. 2023 09; 30 Suppl 2:S211-S219.
-
Cao CD, Teefey P. Collaborative Efforts Between Interventional Radiology and Obstetrics/Gynecology. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Mar; 24(1):100729.
-
Graif A, Leung DA, McKenna G, Patel KD, Holmes LE, Grilli CJ. Evaluation of the Effect of Routine Antibiotic Administration after Uterine Artery Embolization on Infection Rates. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 08; 31(8):1263-1269.
-
Han ES, Arora C, Hur HC, Advincula AP, Kim JHJ. Optimizing surgical management of patients who decline blood transfusion. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 08; 31(4):251-258.
-
Anton K, Rosenblum NG, Teefey P, Dayaratna S, Gonsalves CF. The Enlarged Fibroid Uterus: Aberrant Arterial Supply via the Omental Artery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2019 Apr; 42(4):615-619.
-
McWilliams JP, Shah RP, Quirk M, White SB, Dybul SL, Ahrar J, Steele JR, Kwan SW, Handel J, Winokur RS, Gilliland CA, Durack JC. Standardized Reporting in IR: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Pilot Study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Dec; 27(12):1779-1785.
-
Petruzzi NJ, McCann JW, Patel NA, Gonsalves CF. Safety of uterine artery embolization in patients with preexisting hydrosalpinx. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):796-9.
-
Smoger DL, Kancherla V, Shlansky-Goldberg RD. Uterine fundal blood supply from an aberrant left ovarian artery originating from the inferior mesenteric artery: implications for uterine artery embolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010 Jun; 21(6):941-4.