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Table 1 Patient characteristics, embolization techniques, mode of delivery and outcomes

From: Fertility and pregnancy outcomes following uterine artery embolization (UAE) for uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Author

Patient age

Parity

Embolization material

Type of Delivery

Gestation

Comments

Fetal weight

Placenta

Chapman 1985

28

G1P0

Coils + RP

Emergency cesarean section

32 weeks

Placenta Previa

1,240 g

Previa

Poppe 1986

25

G1P0

NRP + RP

Vaginal

35 weeks

None

2,600 g

Normal

Tacchi 1988

30

G1P0

Coils + NRP + RP

Emergency cesarean section

30 weeks

AFHR

1,389 g

Ischemic areas

Beller 1988

25

G0

I2C

Cesarean section

Term

None

NA

NA

Chow 1995

18

G1P0

NRP + RP

Vaginal

40 + 3 weeks

blood loss 1 L

3,962 g

Normal

Gaens 1996

27

G6P1

I2C

N/A

34 1/2 weeks

NA

NA

NA

Zanetta 1997

24

G0

NRP

Vaginal

Term

None

NA

NA

Kelly 2001

30

G4P0

Coils + NRP

Vaginal, forceps

32 weeks

AFHR

1,565 g

AVM persistent

Lim 2002

2 patients, N/A

NA

NRP

3 pregnancies, N/A

Term ×3

Live births ×3

NA

NA

Gopal 2003

42

G5P2

NRP + RP

Cesarean section

37 weeks

Twins

3,081 g, 2,935 g

NA

Chia 2003

37

G3P2

I2C

Cesarean section

39 weeks

None

3,500 g

NA

Garner 2003

32

G0

NRP

Vaginal, forceps

40 + 1 weeks

None

2,830 g

NA

Amagada 2004

17

G1P0

NRP

Vaginal

37 weeks

None

3,440 g

Normal

Delotte 2006

33

G2P1

Coils + I2C

Vaginal

36 + 5 weeks

None

3,040 g

Normal

Tsai 2006

31

G8P4

I2C

Vaginal

39 weeks

None

NA

NA

Hasegawa 2008

34

G0

NRP

Cesarean section

Term

None

NA

NA

Our case

19

G1P0

RP + NRP

Vaginal

39 weeks

None

2,940 g

Normal

  1. RP resorbable particles, NRP nonresorbable particles, I2C mixed isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylate + lipiodol, NA not available