Table 3 Characteristics of the patients who completed the questionnaire
NovaSure | ThermaChoice III | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
199 patients | 130 patients | ||
Age (years) | 43.1 ± 4.5 | 42.2 ± 4.6 | 0.081 |
Parity | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 2.3 ± 1.3 | 0.008 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.0 ± 4.4 | 26.5 ± 5.7 | 0.366 |
Anticoagulantia | 13 (7) | 7 (5) | 0.670 |
Coagulopathie | 1 (1) | 7 (5) | 0.007 |
Flushes | 51 (26) | 32 (25) | 0.901 |
Previous treatments for HMB | 138 (69) | 105 (81) | 0.021 |
>1 previous treatments | 53 (27) | 50 (39) | 0.024 |
LNG-IUS | 65 (33) | 57 (44) | 0.040 |
Oral contraceptives | 99 (50) | 63 (49) | 0.819 |
Other drugs | 34 (17) | 39 (30) | 0.006 |
Endometrial ablation | 1 (1) | 7 (5) | 0.005 |
Number of myomata | 0.3 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 0.909 |
Size of myoma (mm) | 22.2 ± 10.1 | 21.8 ± 10.5 | 0.884 |
Subsereus | 10 (5) | 7 (5) | 0.859 |
Intramuraal | 22 (11) | 16 (13) | 0.701 |
Submuceus | 5 (3) | 1 (1) | 0.410 |
Sound length (cm) | 9.1 ± 1.0 | 8.9 ± 1.1 | 0.236 |
Filling balloon (ml) | 20.3 ± 11.4 | ||
Power (W) | 98.9 ± 27.9 | ||
Duration of current (s) | 97.6 ± 19.9 |