TY - JOUR
AU - Cowan, Nigel
AB - 
 Purpose: To evaluate in a prospective study the use of a 4F Rosch inferior mesenteric (RIM) catheter for uterine artery embolisation (UAE). Materials and methods: UAE was performed in 72 women over a 37-month period. A 4F RIM braided J-curve 65-cm catheter was used in combination with an angled hydrophilic 150 cm, 0.035” flexible tip guide-wire to catheterise the horizontal portion of both uterine arteries (UA) from a right common femoral artery (CFA) approach. Technical success was defined as successful catheterisation and embolisation of both uterine arteries. Fluorosocpic and procedure times were recorded. Results: Mean subject age=43.7 years (range=25–57 years). Technical success was 98.6% (n=71/72). A single approach via the right CFA was used in 88.9% (n=64/72) and a bilateral CFA approach in 11.1% (n=8/72). Bilateral uterine artery catheterisation using a single 4F RIM catheter via the right CFA approach was successful in 79.2% (n=57/72). Microcatheters were used in 2.8% of patients (n=2/72). Mean fluoroscopic time=13.6±5.3 min (mean±SD). Mean procedure time=44.2±16.5 min. Conclusion: High technical success rate for UAE is possible using a single 4F RIM catheter via a unilateral right CFA approach, which obviates the need for Waltman loop formation, reversed curve catheters and complex suture-catheter arrangements.
TI - Uterine artery embolisation for uterine fibroids using a 4F Rosch inferior mesenteric catheter
JF - European Radiology
DO - 10.1007/s00330-004-2515-x
DA - 2004-10-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/uterine-artery-embolisation-for-uterine-fibroids-using-a-4f-rosch-o2E0qMpTGr
SP - 1168
EP - 1172
VL - 15
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -