Safety Any serious adverse event · HMB
Endometrial resection or ablation showed no clear difference in safety Any serious adverse events compared with open hysterectomy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Return to normal activity · HMB
1 finding from 1 review
Effectiveness · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection or ablation showed no clear difference in effectiveness compared with minimally invasive hysterectomy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for further surgery for treatment failure within 1 year after surgery · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection or ablation probably leads to higher requirement for further surgery for treatment failure within 1 year… compared with minimally invasive hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall pain scores (reduction in VAS at 12 months) · endometriosis
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · endometriosis
Laparoscopic ablation and uterine nerve transaction showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with diagnostic laparoscopy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Effectiveness of treatment · health problem or population
3 findings from 1 review
no estimate extracted
1 study · 74 participants
Very low
no estimate extracted
1 study · 74 participants
Very low
OR 1.26 [0.4, 3.93]
1 study · 51 participants
Low
Adverse events · health problem or population
1 finding from 1 review
Psychological outcomes ‐ not reported · health problem or population
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Quality of life ‐ not reported · health problem or population
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Analgesia requirements · health problem or population
1 finding from 1 review
Satisfaction rate: surgery versus LNG‐IUS Endometrial ablation versus LNG‐IUS At 2 years · women with heavy menstrual bleeding
Surgery showed no clear difference in satisfaction rate: surgery versus LNG‐IUS Endometrial ablation… compared with LNG‐IUS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of women with adverse events Endometrial ablation versus LNG‐IUS. At one year · women with heavy menstrual bleeding
Surgery probably leads to lower proportion of women with adverse events Endometrial ablation versus… compared with LNG‐IUS (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Subjective control of bleeding: PBAC no more than 75 per cycle Endometrial resection or ablation versus LNG‐IUS At 1 year · women with heavy menstrual bleeding
Surgery may leads to higher subjective control of bleeding: PBAC no more than 75 per cycle… compared with LNG‐IUS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Satisfaction rate: surgery versus LNG‐IUS Endometrial ablation versus LNG‐IUS At 1 year · women with heavy menstrual bleeding
Surgery showed no clear difference in satisfaction rate: surgery versus LNG‐IUS Endometrial ablation… compared with LNG‐IUS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · heavy menstrual bleeding
LNG‐IUS probably leads to higher adverse events compared with endometrial ablation (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment failure · heavy menstrual bleeding
LNG‐IUS may leads to higher treatment failure compared with endometrial ablation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review