Surgical treatments outcomes project for dysfunctional uterine bleeding (STOP-DUB): Design and methods

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 591-609

  Dickersin, Kay ^a,h   Munro, Malcolm ^b   Langenberg, Patricia ^c   Scherer, Roberta ^c   Frick, Kevin D ^d   Weber, Anne M ^e   Johns, Alan ^f   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^g   Clark, Melissa ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Botonical Res Institute of Texas   (United States)

^g WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Gynecology; Hysterectomy; Randomized clinical trial; Surgery; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METRORRHAGIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1542651989     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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