Short-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Hysterectomy Compared With Myomectomy for Symptomatic Leiomyomas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare short-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) 6-12 weeks after hysterectomy or myomectomy for the treatment of symptomatic leiomyomas.

Methods

We conducted a prospective comparative effectiveness analysis of data. In an existing multisite registry, we compared 6-12-week postsurgical HRQOL using the disease-specific Uterine Fibroid Symptom Quality of Life and the generic EuroQoL 5-Dimension Health Questionnaire, in women from the ages of 18-54 years with documented leiomyomas undergoing hysterectomy or myomectomy. Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for confounding, and analyses were also stratified by route of surgery.

Results

A total of 1,295 patients (727 with hysterectomy and 568 with myomectomy) enrolled from registry initiation

SUBMITTER: Nicholson WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579313 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature