Minimally invasive treatments are increasingly replacing invasive surgical procedures, which is certainly also reflected in Women’s Health. Women are increasingly demanding the most elegant possible solution to their problem, a short-term, mild procedure with a quick recovery. Embolization meets this requirement.

 

Embolization as a treatment for abdominal complaints in women has proven to be a safe and effective treatment, but is nevertheless insufficiently known and insufficiently applied in many medical centers. The clinical success of embolization treatment is high in women with specific complaints due to uterine disease (fibroid and/or adenomyosis) and pathological para-uterine pelvic vasculature, like pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). It therefore deserves extra attention.

 

Interventional radiology is the specialty par excellence, in which minimally invasive treatment through embolization is gaining ground compared to invasive surgical procedures. This should also apply to optimal personal patient care for women. The aim of the summit is to provide you a detailed overview of minimally invasive embolization treatment for uterine fibroids, adenomyosus, AVMs and PCS; the indications, the different approaches, techniques, available materials and clinical follow-up results.