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James B. Spies
Researcher at Georgetown University Medical Center
Publications - 27
Citations - 799
James B. Spies is an academic researcher from Georgetown University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Uterine artery embolization & Uterine fibroids. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 27 publications receiving 754 citations. Previous affiliations of James B. Spies include Washington University in St. Louis.
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Initial results from uterine fibroid embolization for symptomatic leiomyomata.
James B. Spies,Anthony R. Scialli,Reena C. Jha,Izumi Imaoka,Susan M. Ascher,Vivian M. Fraga,Klemens H. Barth +6 more
TL;DR: In the authors' initial clinical experience, UFE appears effective in controlling symptoms and substantially reducing fibroid volume with few complications.
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Uterine fibroid embolization: measurement of health-related quality of life before and after therapy.
James B. Spies,Elisabeth H. Warren,Susan D. Mathias,Sheila M. Walsh,Antoinette R. Roth,Michael J. Pentecost +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the measurement of health-related quality of life may be an effective means of comparing the outcome of UFE with other fibroid therapies.
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Pain after uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata: can its severity be predicted and does severity predict outcome?
Antoinette R. Roth,James B. Spies,Sheila M. Walsh,Bradford J. Wood,Jackeline Gomez-Jorge,Elliot Levy +5 more
TL;DR: Postprocedural pain cannot be predicted based on baseline uterine or fibroid volume and the severity of pain experienced cannot be used to predict outcome.
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Patient care and uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata.
R. Torrance Andrews,James B. Spies,David Sacks,Robert L. Worthington-Kirsch,Gerald A. Niedzwiecki,M. Victoria Marx,David M. Hovsepian,Donald L. Miller,Gary P. Siskin,Rodney D. Raabe,Scott C. Goodwin,Robert J. Min,Joseph Bonn,John F. Cardella,Nilesh Patel +14 more
TL;DR: The Task Force on Uterine Artery Embolization and the Standards Division of the Society of Interventional Radiology is grateful to Dr. Torrance Andrews, MD, James B. Spies, MD and David Sacks, MD for their support.
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Uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata: resource use and cost estimation.
Sujha Subramanian,James B. Spies +1 more
TL;DR: The facility cost of UAE compares favorably with hysterectomy, the cost of which ranges from 3,100 dollars to 4,900 dollars depending on the type of procedure performed and can be used to analyze the cost effectiveness of UAE compared to alternate therapies.