Hysterectomy, endometrial destruction, and levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) for heavy menstrual bleeding: systematic review and meta-analysis of data from individual patients

Middleton, Lee; Champaneria, Rita; Daniels, Jane; Bhattacharya, Siladitya; Cooper, Kevin; Hilken, NH; O’Donovan, Peter; Gannon, M.; Gray, Richard; S. Khan, Khalid; behalf of the International Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis Collaborative Group, on

doi:10.1136/bmj.c3929

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Hysterectomy, endometrial destruction, and levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) for heavy menstrual bleeding: systematic review and meta-analysis of data from individual patients

Published in BMJ • Aug 16, 2010

Authors:

Lee Middleton

Rita Champaneria

Jane Daniels

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relative effectiveness of hysterectomy, endometrial destruction (both "first generation" hysteroscopic and "second generation" non-hysteroscopic techniques), and the levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) in the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding. DESIGN:...

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Medicine

Hysterectomy

Levonorgestrel

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