McPherson K — Endo Lab

2023

Effects on heavy menstrual bleeding and pregnancy of uterine artery embolization (UAE) or myomectomy for women with uterine fibroids wishing to avoid hysterectomy: The FEMME randomized controlled trial.

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14626

ObjectiveTo determine treatment options (myomectomy vs. uterine artery embolization (UAE)) for women wishing to avoid hysterectomy.MethodsA multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted on 254 women and data were collected on fibroi…

article 2021

Uterine artery embolization or myomectomy for women with uterine fibroids: Four-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

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 …

2014

A randomised trial of treating fibroids with either embolisation or myomectomy to measure the effect on quality of life among women wishing to avoid hysterectomy (the FEMME study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Trials ·doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-468

BackgroundUterine 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 o…

editorial 2006

Removing organs “just in case”—is prophylactic removal of the ovaries a good thing?

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.

other 1992

The epidemiology of hysterectomy: findings in a large cohort study

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 …