“…In this systematic review, the pooled hysterectomy rate obtained from 8 studies reporting the use of uterine artery embolization was 15.5% (24/155) (9,14,25,29,31,32,46,70). This rate obtained from 22 studies that use prophylactic balloon occlusion of the internal iliac arteries was 76.5% (318/697) (21,22,27,28,(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)47,49,54,(56)(57)(58)63,65,(67)(68)(69)71) and 12.1% (54/445) from 10 studies using prophylactic occlusion of the abdominal aorta (17,33,45,48,52,55,60,64,66,71).…”