Use of gold loses luster in UAE

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Use of gold loses luster in UAE

5/3/04

By: N. Shivapriya

AuntMinnie.com

Gold may be losing its luster as a much-sought-after metal, at least

in some interventional radiology procedures such as uterine artery

embolization (UAE). The findings of a report on the use of

gold-colored gelatin microspheres in UAE suggest that there may be a

link between complications of endometritis developed after the

procedure and the use of gold in the embolization.

Although the report, which involved a small patient population, did

not definitively conclude that gold is the cause for cases of

non-infective endometritis in UAE procedures, it speculated that it

might be the cause. The researchers, led by Dr. III,

concluded that it would be better not to use gold-colored gelatin

microspheres as an embolic agent until further research is done on

potential complications.

Endometritis, or the inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus,

is not commonly experienced by patients after UAE, with an incidence

of just 0.5%. In this case, however, seven patients who underwent UAE

with gold-colored gelatin microspheres developed non-infective

endometritis, according to the study, published as a letter to the

editor in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (April

2004, Vol. 15:4, pp. 406-407).

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