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A multi-centre retrospective cohort study comparing the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of hysterectomy and uterine artery embolisation for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids. The HOPEFUL study.
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To examine and compare the medium-term results of hysterectomy and uterine artery embolisation (UAE) as a treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids with regard to safety, efficacy, special issues in the UAE group, cost-effectiveness, and women's own perspectives on the treatments. Data were collected locally from patients' hospital records and also from patients themselves by postal questionnaire. Questionnaire data included free-text comments and this qualitative material was analysed using...
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- Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) More from this journal
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 5
- Publication date:
- 2008-03-01
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2046-4924
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English
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pubs:446612
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446612
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2014-05-12
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- 2008
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