Klim McPherson
ORCID: 0000-0002-5461-2569
· 10 papers in corpus
rct
2022
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 …
article
2021
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 …
article
2008
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…
article
2007
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…
editorial
2006
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.
article
2005
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…
article
2004
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…
article
1997
BackgroundThe most frequent indication for hysterectomy is menorrhagia, even though the uterus is normal in a large number of patients. Transcervical resection of the endometrium (TCRE) is a less drastic alternative, but success rates have …
article
1993
OBJECTIVE: To determine patterns of use of dilatation and curettage in Britain as compared with those in the United States; to examine variations in utilisation rates within one regional health authority. DESIGN: Analysis of routinely colle…
review
1988
Hysterectomy is performed much less frequently in Britain than in North America, Australia and some European countries. Various theories have been advanced to explain this lower rate of surgery. These include: fewer health care resources (h…