McPherson K

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus
rct 2023
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14626

OBJECTIVE: To determine treatment options (myomectomy vs. uterine artery embolization (UAE)) for women wishing to avoid hysterectomy. METHODS: A multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted on 254 women and data were collected on …

rct 2021
European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X ·doi:10.1016/j.eurox.2021.100139

OBJECTIVE: To examine the quality of life experienced by women with symptomatic uterine fibroids who had been treated with UAE in comparison to myomectomy. We report the four-year follow-up of the FEMME randomised trial. Two-year follow-up …

rct 2014
Trials ·doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-468

BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids are the most common tumour in women of reproductive age. By the time they are 50-years-old around 80% of women will have developed one. Of these, around half will experience symptoms which will impact negatively…

other 2006
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health ·doi:10.1136/jech.2005.035170

This papers highlights the issues and illustrates a research agenda for trying to disentangle the problems of the continuing use of an untested technbology—prophylactic oophorectomy—at the time of hysterectomy.

observational 1992
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1992.tb13758.x

OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of hysterectomy in the Oxford-Family Planning Association (Oxford-FPA) study in relation to age, parity, social class and calendar period (-1974, 1975-79. 1980-84, 1985-89). DESIGN: The Oxford-FPA study is a …