The Hysterectomy Or Percutaneous Embolization For Uterine Leiomyomata (HOPEFUL) study was an attempt to compare the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of 2 methods of treating symptomatic uterine fibroids, hysterectomy, and uteri…
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) and hysterectomy in women with symptomatic uterine fibroids from the perspective of the UK NHS. DESIGN: Cost-utility analysis. SETTING: Eighteen UK…
BACKGROUND: We report a population-based comparison of psychosexual health 5 years after contrasting amounts of surgical treatments for heavy periods [dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)]. Women's fears about sexual function after hysterec…
In a 12-month period from October 1994 to September 1996, over 350 hospitals in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man participated in an investigation of major operative and postoperative complications a…
Techniques for the treatment of menorrhagia have changed rapidly over the last few years. The enthusiastic introduction by a small number of protagonists of a variety of ablation/resection techniques has been followed by an exponential upta…
Resources for auditSince 1991 and the development of government initiated consumerist trends in health care, the interest in audit activity among all health care professionals has risen sharply.This interest is evident through the growing v…