META-ANALYSIS FOLLOWED BY INDIRECT COMPARISON OF TREATMENTS COMPARING UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION AND SURGICAL METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS
Author(s)
Fonseca M1, Conte T2, Machado M3, Castro R1, Girao M1
1Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Brazil, 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
OBJECTIVES: To compare procedural, effectiveness, ovarian failure (OF) and patients’ experience (PE) outcomes of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in relation to the surgical interventions for symptomatic uterine fibroids (SUL). METHODS: We searched Medline, Embase, Lilacs and CENTRAL in October 2014 for randomised controlled trials of UAE versus any surgical therapy for SUL. Two reviewers independently selected studies, assessed quality, and extracted data. To compare the surgical procedures an indirect treatment comparison was performed. RESULTS:
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PIH5
Topic
Clinical Outcomes
Topic Subcategory
Comparative Effectiveness or Efficacy
Disease
Reproductive and Sexual Health