Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 150-154 , June 2006

Experience with Conservative Strategy of Uterine Artery Embolization in the Treatment of Placenta Percreta in the first Trimester of Pregnancy

  • Shih-Hui Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Hui Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jen I. Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Che Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Esther Shih-Chu Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Min-Min Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Huang Kung University, and National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Min-Min Chou, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Taichungkang Road, Section 3, Taichung 407, Taiwan

,Accepted 13 December 2005.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60214-X

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60214-X

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 150-154 , June 2006

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