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Table 1 The studies: number of patients and type of surgery

From: The prevalence of occult leiomyosarcoma at surgery for presumed uterine fibroids: a meta-analysis

 

Randomized controlled studies

Prospective studies

Restrospective studies

# of patients

 >100 patients

5

8

44

 25–99 patients

15

19

19

 <25 patients

6

11

7

Type of surgery

 Myomectomy

12

23

25

 Hysterectomy

13

11

33

 Both

1

3

12

 Unknown

 

1

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