ReviewBMJ clinical evidence2015
Menorrhagia.
Review in BMJ clinical evidence, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02642926 (Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficiency of the Bipolar Energy Compared With the Monopolar Energy in Endometrial Ablation in Women Having Menorrhagia), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficiency of the Bipolar Energy Compared With the Monopolar Energy in Endometrial Ablation in Women Having Menorrhagia
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- How Women Discuss Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Online Forums ("It's Like Revenge of the Uterus"): Template Approach to Thematic Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Biology of Anemia: A Public Health Perspective.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Hysteroscopic Endometrial Ablation: From Indications to Instrumentation and Techniques-A Call to Action.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Dietary Intervention with Iron and Vitamin C Administered Separately in Improving Iron Status in Young Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Anemia-Associated Platelets and Plasma Prothrombin Time Increase in Patients with Adenomyosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionMenorrhagia (also known as heavy menstrual bleeding) limits normal activities, affects quality of life, and causes anaemia in two-thirds of women with objective menorrhagia (loss of 80 mL blood per cycle). Prostaglandin disorders may be associated with idiopathic menorrhagia and with heavy bleeding due to fibroids, adenomyosis, or use of intrauterine devices (IUDs). Fibroids have been found in 10% of women with menorrhagia overall and in 40% of women with severe menorrhagia; but half of women having a hysterectomy for menorrhagia are found to have a normal uterus. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of surgical treatments for menorrhagia? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to February 2014 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically; please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review).
resultsAt this update, searching of electronic databases retrieved 205 studies. After deduplication and removal of conference abstracts, 102 records were screened for inclusion in the overview. Appraisal of titles and abstracts led to the exclusion of 56 studies and the further review of 46 full publications. Of the 46 full articles evaluated, three systematic reviews and five RCTs were added at this update. We performed a GRADE evaluation for 30 PICO combinations.
conclusionsIn this systematic overview, we categorised the efficacy for three surgical interventions based on information about the effectiveness and safety of dilatation and curettage, endometrial destruction (resection or ablation), and hysterectomy.
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