Five-year follow up of women randomised to medical management or transcervical resection of the endometrium for heavy menstrual loss: clinical and quality of life outcomes

• Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 108; no. 12; pp. 1222 - 1228
• Main Authors: Cooper, Kevin G, Jack, Stuart A, Parkin, David E, Grant, Adrian M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Science 01.12.2001; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Endometrium - surgery; Female; Health Status; Humans; Hysterectomy - methods; Intrauterine Devices, Medicated; Medical sciences; Menorrhagia - drug therapy; Menorrhagia - surgery; Patient Satisfaction; Pelvic Pain - etiology; Quality of Life; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome; Human; Endoscopic surgery; Menstruation disorders; Prognosis; Treatment efficiency; Surgical resection; Uterine cervix; Hemorrhage; Menorrhagia; Female genital diseases; Quality of life; Chemotherapy; Randomization; Treatment; Surgery; Uterine diseases; Female; Surgical approach; Endometrium

Objective To assess clinical status, changes in health related quality of life, and subsequent management five years after medical management or transcervical resection of the endometrium for treatment of heavy menstrual loss. Design Five year follow up using postal questionnaires and operative data...