[Embolization as treatment for symptomatic uterus myomata].

Selective percutaneous embolisation of the uterine arteries was carried out on three women with hypermenorrhea caused by uterine myomata. Two of the patients experienced resumption of the normal menstrual pattern. In the first case the myoma became 30% smaller and in the second case, the fibroid was expelled into the vagina six months later. The third patient suffered a fever one week after the treatment due to an infected necrotic myoma, after which a hysterectomy was carried out. The embolisation of myomata can offer an alternative to medicinal treatment, myomectomy or hysterectomy. The advantages of embolisation compared to a hysterectomy are a shorter hospital admission time, quick recovery after the procedure and retention of the uterus.