William McKinnon

ORCID: 0000-0001-8734-2932 · 4 papers in corpus
rct 2025
Comparison of complications and recovery after laparoscopic and abdominal hysterectomy for benign disease: the LAparoscopic Versus Abdominal hysterectomy (LAVA) randomised controlled trial
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096265

OBJECTIVE: To compare recovery after laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and abdominal hysterectomy (AH). DESIGN: A parallel, open, non-inferiority, multicentre, randomised controlled, expertise-based surgery trial. SETTING: 10 NHS (National H…

other 2023
LAparoscopic Versus Abdominal hysterectomy (LAVA): protocol of a randomised controlled trial
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070218

INTRODUCTION: There is uncertainty about the advantages and disadvantages of laparoscopic hysterectomy compared with abdominal hysterectomy, particularly the relative rate of complications of the two procedures. While uptake of laparoscopic…

rct 2022
Uterine artery embolisation versus myomectomy for premenopausal women with uterine fibroids wishing to avoid hysterectomy: the FEMME RCT
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) ·doi:10.3310/ZDEG6110

BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids are the most common tumour in women of reproductive age and are associated with heavy menstrual bleeding, abdominal discomfort, subfertility and reduced quality of life. For women wishing to retain their uterus …

rct 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 …