Background Uterine fibroids may decrease quality of life in a significant proportion of
affected women. Myomectomy offers a uterine-sparing treatment option for patients with …

Background Few studies have directly compared different surgical procedures for uterine
fibroids with respect to long-term health-related quality of life outcomes and symptom …

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumor in reproductive-aged women. While the
majority of women are asymptomatic, those with symptoms may suffer from abnormal uterine …

Objective To compare long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) 1 year after
hysterectomy or myomectomy for treatment of uterine fibroids (UFs) and to determine …

Background Uterine fibroids are common in premenopausal women, yet comparative
effectiveness research on uterine fibroid treatments is rare. Objective The purpose of this …

Background Uterine fibroids, the most common type of tumor among women of reproductive
age, are associated with heavy menstrual bleeding, abdominal discomfort, subfertility, and a …

Study objective Although it is assumed that myomectomy improves uterine fibroid-related
symptoms like pelvic pain and heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), validated measures are …

Abstract Objective The Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Quality of Life (UFS-QOL)
questionnaire, a validated patient-reported outcome measure of fibroid symptoms and …

Background Abdominal myomectomy (AM) and laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) are
commonly see surgery for the uterine fibroids, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

Objective: To summarize the literature describing the impact of uterine fibroids on health-
related quality of life (HRQOL), the measures used to assess HRQOL, and related areas for …