Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Research Article   
  Oxytocin Administration Improves Efficiency of HIFU Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
  Author(s): Mohamed Ali Bakry*, Mohamed Mohsen Fawzi and Mohamed Hamed Shaban
  
  Purpose: We aimed to investigate whether there was any benefit of administrating oxytocin during magnetic resonance-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of uterine fibroids. Methods: Forty women who underwent HIFU ablation of uterine fibroids were divided into two groups, one received IV oxytocin infusion during the procedure and the other did not. The total energy used and sonication time required to reach 60°C as well as acoustic energy for increasing 1°C of temperature at the single point were noted. In addition, MR measures including initial and final perfused volume of fibroid as well as the mean fibroid volume change after 6 months were evaluated. All data were compared between the two groups. Results: The average total sonication energy required to reach 60°C and the energy r.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.20.11.943

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