**3.1 Exclusion criteria**

Included were postmenopausal women, patients with severe co-morbidities, patients who wished to maintain their fertility, patients with a known allergy to the contrast agent used during the procedure, and patients with suspected malignancy. *Uterine Embolization as a New Treatment Option in Adenomyosis Uteri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101480*

#### **Figure 2.** *Adenomyosis uteri spiral vessels.*

There was no planned pregnancy or pelvic inflammation in the participants, while patients with only symptoms of back pain, asymptomatic, fibroid pendulum and rapidly improved size were excluded from the present study.
