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Embolización de las arterias uterinas - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Embolización de miomas uterinos; UFE; UAE

Riesgos:

La embolización de las arterias uterinas generalmente es segura.

Los riesgos de cualquier procedimiento invasivo son:

  • Sangrado
  • Tener una mala reacción al anestésico o medicamento que se utiliza
  • Infección
  • Hematomas

Los riesgos de la embolización de las arterias uterinas son:

  • Lesión a una arteria o al útero
  • Posibles problemas con un embarazo futuro. Puede haber un riesgo más alto de problemas con la placenta durante un embarazo y el parto. Las mujeres que posiblemente deseen quedar embarazadas en el futuro deben discutir este asunto con su médico.
  • Los períodos menstruales pueden no retornar después de una embolización de las arterias uterinas
  • Reviewed last on: 10/12/2010
  • A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, and David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine (2/7/2009).

Referencias

ACOG Practice Bulletin: Clinical management guidelines for obstetricians-gynecologists. Number 96, August 2008. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;112:387-400.

Bradley L, Uterine Fibroid Embolization: a viable alternative to hysterectomy. Obstet Gynecol. 2009:127-135.

Goodwin SC, Spies JB, Worthington-Kirsch R et al. Uterine artery Embolization for treatment of leiomyomata: long term outcomes from the FIBROID registry. Obstet Gynecol. 2008; 111:22-33.

Tulandi T, Salamah K, Fertility and Uterine Artery Embolization. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115:857-860.

Volkers NA, Hehenkamp WJ, Birnie E, Ankum WM, Reekers JA. Uterine artery embolization versus hysterectomy in the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: 2 years' outcome from the randomized EMMY trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jun;196(6):519.e1-11.

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