Raymond M Anchan, James B Spies, Shuaiqi Zhang, Daniel Wojdyla, Pietro Bortoletto, Kathryn Terry, Emily Disler, Ankrish Milne, Antonio Gargiulo, John Petrozza, Olga Brook, Serene Srouji, Cynthia C Morton, James Greenberg, Ganesa Wegienka, Elizabeth A Stewart, Wanda K Nicholson, Laine Thomas, Sateria Venable, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Michael P Diamond, G Larry Maxwell, Erica E Marsh, Evan R Myers, Anissa I Vines, Lauren A Wise, Kedra Wallace, Vanessa L Jacoby
BACKGROUND: Few studies have directly compared different surgical procedures for uterine fibroids with respect to long-term health-related quality of life outcomes and symptom improvement. OBJECTIVE: We examined differences in change from baseline to 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-up in health-related quality of life and symptom severity among patients who underwent abdominal myomectomy, laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy, abdominal hysterectomy, laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy, or uterine artery embolization...
May 26, 2023: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology