John Reidy • Nigel Hacking
Bruce McLucas
Editors

2014

One of the curious facts regarding the emergence of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in 1996 as a significant minimally invasive interventional radiological treatment for the common condition of fibroid disease was that the technique was led and championed by Dr. Jacques Ravina, a Parisian gynaecologist and that the radiological expertise was supplied by a team of neuroradiologists. After early concerns by the gynaecological community, UAE has become widely accepted and practiced and is now regarded in most countries as a significant treatment option for fibroid disease. Though there have been some technical refinements the embolization technique has remained largely unchanged but what has changed is the clinical evaluation, assessment, and overall management of these cases.