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ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2013

Adenomyosis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Clinical Phenotype and Surgical and Interventional Alternatives to Hysterectomy.

F A Taran, E A Stewart, S Brucker

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Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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77citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

F A TaranWomen's Clinic, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
E A StewartDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
S BruckerWomen's Clinic, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
University Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEMayo Clinic · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenomyosis is an important clinical challenge in gynecology and healthcare economics; in its fully developed form, hysterectomy is often used to treat it in premenopausal and perimenopausal women. Symptoms of adenomyosis typically include menorrhagia, pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea. Moreover, adenomyosis and leiomyomas commonly coexist in the same uterus, and differentiating the symptoms for each pathological process can be problematic. Although it has been recognized for over a century, reliable epidemiological studies on this condition are limited, because only postoperative diagnoses were possible in the past. Minimally invasive surgical techniques (endometrial ablation/resection, myometrial excision/reduction, myometrial electrocoagulation, uterine artery ligation) have had limited success in the treatment of adenomyosis, and the reported data for these procedures have been obtained from case reports or small case series with only short follow-up times. However, newer techniques including uterine artery embolization (UAE) and magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) show promise in treating adenomyosis. The data is strongest for UAE; these studies have the largest patient cohorts. However, none of the UAE studies were randomized or controlled. Thus, despite the clinical importance of adenomyosis, there is little evidence on which to base treatment decisions. The objective of this review is to summarize the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical phenotype and to evaluate the accrued experience with surgical and interventional alternatives to hysterectomy.

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adenomyosisendometrial ablationhysterectomymagnetic resonance guided focused ultrasounduterine artery embolization

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PMID24771944
PMCPMC3859152
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