Evaluation of embolization for periuterine varices involving chronic pelvic pain secondary to pelvic congestion syndrome

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical response and success rate after periuterine varices embolization in patients with chronic pelvic pain secondary to pelvic congestion syndrome and to report the safety of endovascular treatment and its rate of complications. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of patients undergoing endovascular treatment of pelvic congestion syndrome in our department from January 2012 to November 2015. Data were analyzed based on patient background, imaging findings, embolized veins, rate of complications, and clinical response as indicated by the visual analog pain scale. RESULTS: We performed periuterine varices embolization in 22 patients during the study, four of which required a second embolization. Seventeen patients reported a reduction in pelvic pain after the first embolization and three patients reported a reduction in pelvic pain after the second embolization. Minor complications were observed in our patients, such as postural hypotension, postoperative pain, and venous perforation during the procedure, without clinical repercussion. CONCLUSION: Periuterine varices embolization in patients with chronic pelvic pain secondary to pelvic congestion syndrome appears to be an effective and safe technique.

Oclusão laparoscópica das artérias uterinas no tratamento de leiomiomas uterinos / Laparoscopic uterine artery occlusion in the treatment of uterine leiomyomas

A procura por procedimentos menos invasivos, e o desejo das mulheres de manter o útero, fazem da oclusão laparoscópica das artérias uterinas no tratamento de leiomiomas uterinos uma alternativa. Este trabalho teve como objetivo revisar os estudos sobre essa cirurgia. Os resultados após as intervenções cirúrgicas relatam redução volumétrica do útero e leiomiomas, com melhora dos sintomas e menos dor no pós-operatório em relação à embolização das artérias uterinas, técnica que utiliza o mesmo conceito da desvascularização do tumor. Quanto ao futuro reprodutivo, os dados não são bem definidos e apresentam-se conflitantes. As recorrências dos sintomas e possível necessidade de novas cirurgias complementares podem causar insatisfação entre as pacientes. Novos estudos são necessários para melhor definir o papel dessa opção terapêutica no tratamento de leiomiomas uterinos

The search for less invasive surgical procedures, and the desire of women to keep the uterus, make laparoscopic occlusion of the uterine arteries an alternative in the treatment of uterine leiomyomas. Current paper reviewed studies on this type of surgery, volume reduction of uterus and leiomyomas, with improvement in symptoms and less pain in the postoperative period in relation to uterine artery embolization, a technique The results showed that after surgical intervention a decrease occurred in uterus volume and leiomyomas, with symptom improvement and less pain in the postoperative period when compared to the embolization of the uterine arteries, a technique that uses the same concept of devascularization of the tumor. Data are not clear with regard to future reproduction and they prove to be conflicting. The recurrence of symptoms and the need for other complementary surgeries may be a cause of dissatisfaction among the patients. Further studies are required to define convincingly the role of the therapeutic option in the treatment