title: Alternative treatment.
abstract: Alternatives to endometrial ablation include re-education of the 20% or more women complaining of menorrhagia whose blood loss is normal, less than 35 ml, and the use of an increasing variety of drugs to find an effective regime with minimal side effects. Endometrial resection is an effective treatment, particularly in the short term. Laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy have advantages over endometrial resection in the long term, avoiding failure and retreatment for menorrhagia. Hysteroscopic, laparoscopic and open myomectomy are more suitable in treating fibroids of significant size, although these techniques may be used with endometrial resection to avoid hysterectomy. Myoma reduction may become a less morbid alternative to myomectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000191:economics; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*