Thermal balloon and rollerball ablation to treat menorrhagia: Two-year results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, clinical trial

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Grainger, DA
Tjaden, BL
Rowland, C
Meyer, WR
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[1] Univ Kansas, Sch Med, Div Reprod Endocrinol, Wichita, KS 67214 USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Ctr Reprod Med, Chapel Hill, NC USA
[3] Univ N Carolina, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS | 2000年 / 7卷 / 02期
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10.1016/S1074-3804(00)80036-5
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R71 [妇产科学];
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Study Objective. To evaluate 2-year follow-up results in patients participating in a randomized, clinical trial comparing uterine balloon therapy with rollerball endometrial ablation. Study Design. Prospective, randomized, clinical trial (Canadian Task Force classification I). Setting, Fourteen university-affiliated and private practice sites. Patients. Two hundred fifty-five women with menorrhagia. Interventions. Patients were randomized to rollerball or uterine balloon endometrial ablation. Measurements and Main Results. Patient satisfaction with both treatments was consistently high. Only 15 hysterectomies had been performed (6 for menorrhagia) at the end of 2 years, 11 in the rollerball group, 4 in the balloon therapy group. Conclusion, Endometrial ablation by both procedures was highly successful in avoiding hysterectomy and relieving symptoms of menorrhagia. Additional benefits were reduction in dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome.
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