It would seem necessary that an information sheet and written consent should be exchanged and signed by the physician and the patient, especially when interventional radiology procedures are involved. A comprehensive interview with full explanation is also mandatory if the patient is to be adequately informed.The existence of a specific document provides two benefits

• For the patient: an understanding of the procedure and of the associated risks and benefits tends to reduce the natural anxiety which stems from ignorance and better prepares her to make an informed decision on wheter to agree (i.e. give consent) to the procedure or decline it.
• For the physician: the document represents a formal way of demonstrating that he or she has fulfilled his or her duties in the matter of patient information and consent.

A written form would seem to be the best solution to meet these requirements. A document of this type is proposed in this case in the form of a series of questions and answers about embolization of the uterine arteries as a modality for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids.

Il semble nécessaire d'échanger, entre le médecin et le patient, un document d'information et de consentement du patient avec signatures, en particulier pour les actes de radiologie interventionnelle. Un entretien, avec des explications, est également indispensable pour compléter l'information du patient. Ce document apporte un double avantage

• Au patient : la connaissance du geste, incluant ses risques et ses avantages, diminue l'appréhension naturelle liée à l'ignorance et fonde sa décision réfléchie aboutissant à son accord (= consentement) ou à son refus.
• Au médecin : la matérialisation du respect des exigences légales relatives aux devoirs d'information du patient et de recueil de son accord (ou refus).

La forme écrite paraît la plus pertinente pour remplir ces exigences. Un document de ce type est proposé ici sous forme de questions-réponses, concernant l'embolisation artérielle utérine comme traitement des fibromes utérins symptomatiques.