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Legislation Reform Needed Update:

National Center For Complementary and Alternative Medicine  http://nccam.nih.gov/
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/
 
CIRREF Fibroid Registry - Research on UAE quality-of-life, surveys, and cost analysis.  www.fibroidregistry.org
 
Gene Research (looking for sisters for this research) Clinical Resource Page:  http://www.fibroids.net
 
Focused Ultrasound (MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (FUS) - a pilot study)
 
Magee-Womens Research Institute:  http://institute.mwrif.org
 

National Institutes of Health (NIH): 

"Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research" (Day 1 & Day 2) – February 24-25, 2005.   Archive of the conference 'webcast' is available on the web.   You can find it at http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=998 

Slides:  Posted on the uterine fibroid meeting website http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/uterinefibroidmtg.html.

4/1/2005:  The NIH slides are being posted along with the presenter's abstracts; they can be found on the website URL http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/pastmeetings.html.

 
Society of Interventional Radiologist (SIR) web sites: www.fibroidregistry.org, www.sirweb.org, and www.cirref.org   (1/13/03 Canadian Uterine Artery Embolization study results at  http://www.sirweb.org)
 

UFE Five-Year follow-up 182 of 200 patients shows Interventional Radiology procedure is durable:  "Long-Term Data Show Uterine Fibroid Embolization Is Effective Treatment for Uterine Fibroids" - Released April 1, 2005 (SIR), sirweb.org

New Orleans 2005 Interventional Radiology Conference (Interviews, medical illustrations, and broadcast quality video footage can be found at SIRmeeting.org in the 'program section' and click on 'scientific sessions'.

 
www.sirweb.org has a "Find an Interventional Radiologist who performs UAE and/or other medical procedures".
 
Pregnancy Research - Bibliography/URLs/Media


Bibliographies

Note:  The following Bibliographies may help you with your uterine fibroid research.  (* Hope For Fibroids Medical Consultants)

Dr. Scott Craig Goodwin Interventional Radiologist - Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Murali Guduguntla Interventional Radiologist - Canberra, Australia
Dr. Francis Hutchins, Jr. * Gynecologist - Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Paul Indman* Gynecologist - Los Gatos, CA
Dr. Raphael Kuhn Gynecologist - East Melbourne, Australia
Dr. John Lipman Interventional Radiologist - Marietta, GA
Dr. William Parker* Gynecologist - Santa Monica, CA
Dr. James B. Spies Interventional Radiologist - Washington, D.C.
Dr. Beverly Vaughn Obstetrician & Gynecologist - Wynnewood, PA
Dr. Robert Worthington-Kirsch* Interventional Radiologist - Philadelphia, PA

Researching "Statistics"

Surgical management of uterine fibroids in Hesse, Germany, between 1998 and 2004.  Hackethal A, Brüggmann D, Leis A, Langde S, Stillger R, Münstedt K. Fertil Steril. 2008 Feb 25 (PubMed)

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CONCLUSION(S): The increasing use of endoscopic procedures was an important feature in this series and appeared to be safe. The reduction of conversion rates and intraoperative complications might be related to improvements in surgical skill. Acceptance of the benefits of endoscopic approaches seems to have promoted its steady growth as a primary surgical approach."
 
Uterine fibroid treatment patterns in a population of insured women.  Lee DW, Gibson TB, Carls GS, Ozminkowski RJ, Wang S, Stewart EA.  Fertil Steril. 2008 Feb 25  (PubMed)
 
Uterine artery embolization, hysterectomy, or myomectomy for symptomatic uterine fibroids: a cost-utility analysis.  You JH, Sahota DS, Yuen PM Fertil Steril. 2008 Feb 21  (PubMed)
 
Hysterectomy Surveillance in the United States, 1997 through 2005. Merrill RM. Med Sci Monit. 2008 Jan;14(1):CR24-31   (PubMed)
Cost and Reimbursement for Three Fibroid Treatments; Abdominal Hysterectomy, Abdominal Myomectomy, and Uterine Fibroid Embolization  Goldberg J, Bussard A, McNeil J, Diamond J.  Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol  2007 Jan-Feb;30(1):54-8   (PubMed)

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CONCLUSION: UFE has lower hospital costs and greater hospital net income than abdominal hysterectomy or abdominal myomectomy for treating uterine fibroids. UFE may be more financially advantageous than hysterectomy or myomectomy for the insurer, hospital, and health care system. Costs and reimbursements may vary amongst different hospitals and regions."
 
AHRQ - Agency For Healthcare and Quality
 
H-CUPnet:   The on-line query system to analyze health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and state levels.  HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).  URL is www.hcup.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.asp.
 
Federal – Grants across United States:  URL is http://www.grants.gov/
 
National Center for Health Statistics:  URL is http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
 
State Department of Health
 
State Health Facts Online – (Kaiser): Womens Health - Health Status.  URL is http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/
 
"Cost and Reimbursement for Three Fibroid Treatments: Hysterectomy, Myomectomy, and Uterine Fibroid Embolization"; Anne Bussard, MD, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jay Goldberg, MD, MS, Jean McNeil, MBA, James Diamond, PhD
"Cost Effectiveness of Uterine Artery Embolization and Hysterectomy for Fibroids", K. Isaacson, RSNA 2004
 
"Estimated Costs for Uterine Artery Embolization and Abdominal Myomectomy for Uterine Leoimyomata: A Comparative Study at a Single Institution", JVIR 2002, 13:1207-1210
 
"Medico-economic approach to the management of uterine myomas: a 6-month cost-effectiveness study of pelvic embolization versus vaginal hysterectomy", Pourrat, Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2003 Nov 10;111(1):59-64
 
"Hospital costs of uterine artery embolization and hysterectomy for uterine fibroid tumors."  Beinfeld MT, Bosch JL, Gazelle GS, Acad Radiol. 2002 Nov;9(11):1300-4
 
"Cost analysis of myomectomy, hysterectomy, and uterine artery embolization." Al-Fozan H, Dufort J, Kaplow M, Valenti D, Tulandi T; Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Nov;187(5):1401-4
 
"Uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata: resource use and cost estimation."    Subramanian S, Spies JB; J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2001 May;12(5):571-4

Note:  A "Thank You" to www.Ask4UFE.com and Pennsylvania Health & Human Services for the information in the 'Research Statistics' section. - Hope

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