A UK multicentre retrospective cohort study comparing hysterectomy and uterine artery embolisation for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids (HOPEFUL study): Main results on medium-term safety and efficacy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1340-1351

  Dutton, S ^a   Hirst, A ^b   McPherson, K ^c   Nicholson, T ^d   Maresh, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Embolisation; Hysterectomy; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTEMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 35348997027     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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