Objectives: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) impacts women's health‐related quality of life
(HRQoL) and puts a heavy economic burden on society. To date, this burden has not been …

Background Heavy menstrual bleeding significantly impairs the quality of life of many
otherwise healthy women. Perception of heavy menstrual bleeding is subjective and …

ContextLumbar diskectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for back and
leg symptoms in US patients, but the efficacy of the procedure relative to nonoperative care …

Background Surgery for spinal stenosis is widely performed, but its effectiveness as
compared with nonsurgical treatment has not been shown in controlled trials. Methods …

von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a commonly encountered inherited bleeding disorder
affecting both males and females, causing mucous membrane and skin bleeding symptoms …

Background Since 1995 uterine artery embolization has been described as an alternative for
hysterectomy in patients with symptomatic fibroids. Many studies including several …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) among
US women by reproductive status and age and to explore the correlates of sexually related …

BACKGROUND: Normal menstrual periods last 3–6 days and involve blood loss of up to
80ml. Menorrhagia is defined as menstrual periods lasting more than 7 days and/or …

Randomised evaluations of surgical interventions are rare; some interventions have been
widely adopted without rigorous evaluation. Unlike other medical areas, the randomised …

Objective To determine whether or not hysterectomy leads to an earlier onset of the
menopause. Design A prospective cohort study. Setting Gynaecology service of large urban …