Rice, the nominee for secretary of state, entered the hospital for an overnight stay last week to undergo a procedure-- uterine artery embolization-- that is rapidly becoming an alternative to major surgery for troublesome fibroids.
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The uterine arteries reach the margins of the cervix in this fibrous tissue, while on either side the ureter runs downward and forward in it at a distance of about 2 cm . from the cervix.
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The posterior and lateral cervix drains along the uterine arteries to the internal iliac lymph nodes and ultimately the paraaortic lymph nodes, and the posterior section of the cervix drains to the obturator and presacral lymph nodes.
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In pregnant women, there is a 30 % increase in intracellular 2, 3-BPG . This lowers the maternal hemoglobin affinity for oxygen, and therefore allows more oxygen to be offloaded to the fetus in the maternal uterine arteries.
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Rony Adam, director of the division of gynecology and urogynecology at Emory University School of Medicine, isn't ready to give the procedure his full support but says doctors should offer uterine artery embolization as one of the choices.
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Probably not many, although the minor surgical procedure, known as uterine fibroid embolization or uterine artery embolization, has been available in Florida for at least four years as an alternative to the more radical hysterectomy for the removal of the uterine growths.
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Recent research has identified that the pressure applied by the NASG serves to significantly increase the resistive index of the internal iliac artery ( which is responsible for supplying the majority of blood �ow to the uterus via the uterine arteries ).
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She has testified at U . S . Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) hearings and works with FDA to ensure the reporting of adverse events of uterine artery embolization ( UAE ), also called uterine fibroid embolization ( UFE ).
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Three groups of lymphatic vessels accompany these arteries; the upper group accompanies the vaginal branches of the uterine artery; a middle group accompanies the vaginal arteries; and the lower group, draining lymph from the area outside the hymen, drain to the inguinal lymph nodes.
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"Uterine artery embolization was started at UCLA outside of any clinical trial and, in fact, most of these procedures since then have been done outside of any clinical study, " said Goodwin, chief of vascular and interventional radiology at UCLA's Department of Radiological Science.
