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Uterine fibroids

Australia

• Medical Services Advisory Committee
  • Uterine artery embolisation [2006]

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) [2004]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Guidelines for the Management of Uterine Leiomyoma [2009]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroids
  • Surgical treatment of fibroids for subfertility
  • Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for uterine leiomyomas
  • Pre-operative GnRH analogue therapy before hysterectomy or myomectomy for uterine fibroids
  • Interventions to reduce haemorrhage during myomectomy for fibroids
  • Danazol for uterine fibroids

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment
  • 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 [2008]

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Magnetic resonance image-guided transcutaneous focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids [2011]
  • Uterine artery embolisation for fibroids [2010]
  • Magnetic resonance image-guided percutaneous laser ablation of uterine fibroids [2003]
  • Laparoscopic laser myomectomy [2003]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Laparoscopic myomectomy using a morcellator - query bank [2009]
  • Uterine Artery Embolisation in the Management of Fibroids [2000]

United States of America

• American College of Radiology
  • Radiologic Management of Uterine Leiomyomas [2012]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of uterine leiomyomas. [2012]
  • Quality improvement guidelines for uterine artery embolization for symptomatic leiomyomata. Society of Interventional Radiology [2009]
  • Alternatives to hysterectomy in the management of leiomyomas. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2008]

• Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Quality improvement guidelines for uterine artery embolization for symptomatic leiomyomata [2009]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Uterine Fibroid Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment [2007]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Uterine artery embolisation - a treatment alternative for women with fibroids [2006]

• Endocrine Reviews
  • Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulator Development and Use in the Treatment of Leiomyomata and Endometriosis [2005]

• Human Reproduction
  • The effect of intramural fibroids without uterine cavity involvement on the outcome of IVF treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2010]
  • Gene expression studies provide clues to the pathogenesis of uterine leiomyoma: new evidence and a systematic review [2005]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Growth factors and myometrium: biological effects in uterine fibroid and possible clinical implications [2011]
  • Non-surgical management of uterine fibroids [2008]
  • Hysteroscopic myomectomy: a comprehensive review of surgical techniques [2008]
  • Fibroids and female reproduction: a critical analysis of the evidence [2007]
  • Gene therapy and uterine leiomyoma: a review [2006]

• JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association
  • A 41-Year-Old Woman With Menorrhagia, Anemia, and Fibroids [2009]

• JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
  • Myolysis Revisited [2008]

• RadioGraphics
  • Uterine Fibroid Vascularization and Clinical Relevance to Uterine Fibroid Embolization [2005]
  • Uterine Artery Embolization for Leiomyomas: Pre- and Postprocedural Evaluation with US [2005]
  • Imaging Manifestations of Complications Associated with Uterine Artery Embolization [2005]

• Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
  • Image-guided thermal therapy of uterine fibroids [2009]

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