Table 3 Measured volume and perfusion parameters given as mean and standard deviation in all patients for representative ROIs of healthy uterus and myoma tissue at the four selected time slots “Pre, Post, 6 month follow-up and 12 month follow-up”
Tissue | Parameter | Pre | Post | 6 month | 12 month | p-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uterus | Volume (ml) | 498 ± 291 | 510 ± 324 | 272 ± 200 | 224 ± 159 | 0.0068 |
BF (ml/min/100ml) | 60 ± 30 | 53 ± 23 | 78 ± 50 | 106 ± 65 | 0.1226 | |
BV (ml/100ml) | 32 ± 11 | 29 ± 12 | 25 ± 10 | 35 ± 16 | 0.3617 | |
MTT (sec) | 37 ± 16 | 36 ± 17 | 26 ± 13 | 30 ± 20 | 0.397 | |
Myoma 1 | Volume (ml) | 234 ± 138 | 321 ± 279 | 128 ± 141 | 95 ± 115 | 0.0255 |
BF (ml/min/100ml) | 47 ± 21 | 21 ± 9 | 30 ± 14 | 35 ± 31 | 0.0096 | |
BV (ml/100ml) | 29 ± 10 | 1 ± 1 | 3 ± 4 | 4 ± 7 | < 0.0001 | |
MTT (sec) | 36 ± 17 | 3 ± 2 | 4 ± 6 | 8 ± 12 | < 0.0001 | |
Myoma 2 | Volume (ml) | 29 ± 19 | 29 ± 20 | 11 ± 13 | 8 ± 11 | 0.0129 |
BF (ml/100ml/min) | 53 ± 24 | 24 ± 10 | 26 ± 14 | 24 ± 25 | 0.0661 | |
BV (ml/100ml) | 27 ± 13 | 1 ± 1 | 2 ± 3 | 4 ± 7 | 0.0026 | |
MTT (sec) | 32 ± 12 | 3 ± 2 | 3 ± 5 | 8 ± 15 | 0.0028 | |
Myoma 3 | Volume (ml) | 11 ± 7 | 10 ± 5 | 4 ± 3 | 3 ± 3 | 0.0366 |
BF (ml/100ml/min) | 45 ± 14 | 22 ± 7 | 30 ± 16 | 17 ± 12 | 0.045 | |
BV (ml/100ml) | 28 ± 10 | 1 ± 1 | 4 ± 6 | 3 ± 3 | 0.0104 | |
MTT (sec) | 38 ± 14 | 2 ± 1 | 9 ± 14 | 7 ± 6 | 0.0251 |