Embolisation

• Treatment for infertile men

  A minimally invasive procedure, retrograde venous embolisation, is effective in treating men with fertility problems due to swollen veins.

• Fibroids can be treated without hysterectomy

  Women with symptomatic uterine fibroids can avoid hysterectomy by undergoing uterine artery embolisation.

• Fibroids may not complicate pregnancy

  Uterine artery embolisation, technique used to treat fibroids, doesn't significantly raise the risk of most pregnancy problems.

• Pregnancy after fibroid treatment

  Women can conceive and carry a child after uterine artery embolisation (UAE), a treatment for uterine fibroids.

• Pregnancy problem with fibroid treatment

  Uterine artery embolisation is an increasingly popular treatment for fibroids but can make future pregnancies difficult.

• Hope for women after fibroid procedure

  According to new research, women can have healthy pregnancies after a procedure to shrink uterine fibroids called uterine fibroid embolisation. Having fibroids puts a woman at risk of complications during pregnancy.