Table 2 Outcome variables extracted from the patient files

Duration of entire procedure (min)

10.5 ± 6.1

24.4 ± 12.8

<0.001

Other procedure in the same session

14 (5)

40 (19)

<0.001

Duration if only ablation performed (min)

9.9 ± 5.1

22.2 ± 7.8

<0.001

Complications

19 (6)

19 (9)

0.154

 Infection

4

1

 Bleeding

1

0

 Uterus perforation

0

2

 Cervical stenosis

0

2

 Failed procedure

14

16

Re-intervention

59 (20)

58 (27)

0.060

 Hysterectomy

40 (13)

42 (19)

0.066

 Re-ablation

0 (0)

5 (2)

0.013

 LNG-IUS

4 (1)

7 (3)

0.216

 Non-surgical

27 (9)

12 (6)

0.139