Table of contents
- Foreword
- List of tables
- Glossary
- Summary
- Introduction
- Nature of menorrhagia and myomas
- Impact of menorrhagia and myomas in Australia
- Medical treatment
- Abdominal and vaginal surgery
- Treatments using the hysteroscopic approach
- Treatments using the laparoscopic approach
- Cost implications of the different treatments
- Comparison of the different treatments
- Potential impact of the different treatments
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1:
- Organic causes of menorrhagia
- Appendix 2:
- Australian data for hysterectomy and myomectomy
- Appendix 3:
- Summary of studies on hysteroscopic endometrial resection and ablation
- Appendix 4:
- Summary of studies on laparoscopic approaches to myomectomy and hysterectomy
- Appendix 5:
- Cost estimates
- References
- Acknowledgments