Surgery versus medical therapy for heavy menstrual bleeding
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Surgery versus medical therapy for heavy menstrual bleeding.
BACKGROUND Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) significantly impairs the quality of life of many otherwise healthy women. Perception of HMB is subjective and management usually depends upon what symptoms are acceptable to the individual. Medical treatment options include oral medication and a hormone-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS). Surgical options include conservative surgery (uterine rese...
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Jane Clarke research fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , University of Auckland, Grafton, Auckland 1010, New Zealand [email protected] Competing interests: The author has completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure. pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declares: (1) No financial support for the submitted work from an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003855.pub3