Effectiveness Proportion of women with perception of improvement of bleeding symptoms · HMB
Endometrial resection or ablation probably leads to lower effectiveness Woman's perception (proportion with improvement in… compared with open hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection or ablation probably leads to lower acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment compared with minimally invasive hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Safety Any serious adverse event · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection or ablation showed no clear difference in safety Any serious adverse event compared with minimally invasive hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Return to normal activity · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
99 participants
GRADE not reported
Quality of life SF‐36 at 2 years – general health perception · HMB
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for further surgery for treatment failure within 1 year after surgery · HMB
1 finding from 1 review
Acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment · HMB
Endometrial resection or ablation showed no clear difference in acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment compared with open hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
Effectiveness Proportion of women with perception of improvement of bleeding symptoms · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection/ablation may leads to lower effectiveness Proportion of women with perception of improvement of… compared with unspecified (or at surgeon's discretion) route of hysterectomy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life SF‐36 at 2 years – general health perception · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion with improvement in general health · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection/ablation may leads to lower proportion with improvement in general health compared with unspecified (or at surgeon's discretion) route of hysterectomy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for further surgery for treatment failure · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
Acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection/ablation showed no clear difference in acceptability Proportion satisfied with treatment compared with unspecified (or at surgeon's discretion) route of hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Safety Any serious adverse event · heavy menstrual bleeding
Endometrial resection/ablation probably leads to lower safety Any serious adverse event compared with unspecified (or at surgeon's discretion) route of hysterectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Return to normal activity · heavy menstrual bleeding
1 finding from 1 review
Bleeding · heavy menstrual bleeding
It is very uncertain whether overall analyses: second‐generation endometrial ablation changes bleeding compared with first‐generation endometrial ablation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review