The estimated annual cost of uterine leiomyomata in the United States
Eden R. Cardozo,Andrew D. Clark,N. Banks,Melinda B. Henne,Barbara J. Stegmann,James H. Segars +5 more
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In this paper, a systematic review of the literature was conducted to estimate the number of women who seek treatment for symptomatic fibroid tumors annually, the costs of medical and surgical treatment, the amount of work time lost, and obstetric complications that are attributable to fibroid tumor.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 2012-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 510 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Indirect costs.read more
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Mechanisms of disease: Uterine fibroids
Dan L. Longo,Serdar E. Bulun +1 more
TL;DR: Uterine fibroids in black women are significantly larger at diagnosis than those in white women, are diagnosed at an earlier age, and are characterized by more severe symptoms and a longer period of sustained growth.
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Uterine fibroid management: from the present to the future
TL;DR: Gynecologists now have new tools in their armamentarium, opening up novel strategies for the management of uterine fibroids, with SPRMs which are proven to treat fibroid symptoms effectively.
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Uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroids
TL;DR: There was some indication that UAE may be associated with less favourable fertility outcomes than myomectomy, but it was very low quality evidence from a subgroup of a single study and should be regarded with extreme caution.
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Clinical practice. Uterine fibroids.
TL;DR: A 47-year-old black woman has heavy menstrual bleeding and iron-deficiency anemia and a colonoscopy is negative, and Ultrasonography shows a modestly enlarged uterus with three uterine fibroids.
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Epidemiology of Uterine Fibroids: From Menarche to Menopause
TL;DR: It is highlighted the advantages of ultrasound screening studies and the ways in which their innovative methods have helped clarify the etiology of disease, and a discussion of promising new hypotheses.
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Economic costs of diabetes in the US in 2002.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated the direct medical and indirect productivity-related costs attributable to diabetes and calculated and compared the total and per capita medical expenditures for people with and without diabetes.
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Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002
TL;DR: The authors in this article estimated the direct medical and indirect productivity-related costs attributable to diabetes and calculated the total and per capita medical expenditures for people with and without diabetes in the United States.
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High cumulative incidence of uterine leiomyoma in black and white women: Ultrasound evidence☆☆☆★
TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimated the age-specific cumulative incidence of fibroid tumors for black and white women in the United States and found that most premenopausal women develop fibroid tumor before menopause.
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Uterine leiomyomata: etiology, symptomatology, and management
TL;DR: No studies have yet demonstrated that women on oral pills are at increased risk for growth of these tumors, and low-dose contraceptives should not be contraindicated in patients with leiomyomata if they desire to use this form of contraceptive.
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Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine
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