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Updated Costs of Uterine Fibroid Treatments Including Focused Ultrasound Surgery

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  • Borah, Bijan J.
  • Stewart, Elizabeth A.
  • Eames, Matthew

    (Focused Ultrasound Foundation)

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Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) affect 20–40% of reproductive age women and are the major indication for hysterectomy. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) is a new, potentially disruptive, non-invasive and uterine-sparing treatment option that has been shown to yield similar or better clinical outcomes than other uterine-sparing interventions. However, the costs of MRgFUS and other minimally-invasive treatment options have not been studied using US practice data. This study attempts to fill this void. And since uterine fibroids are the first FDA-approved indication for MRgFUS treatment, this study may also have implications for other indications which are now investigational.

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  • Borah, Bijan J. & Stewart, Elizabeth A. & Eames, Matthew, 2012. "Updated Costs of Uterine Fibroid Treatments Including Focused Ultrasound Surgery," FocUS Archive r8x7t, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:focusa:r8x7t
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/r8x7t
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