Outpatient versus inpatient uterine polyp treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding: Randomised controlled non-inferiority study
Cooper, N.A.M. and Clark, T.J. and Middleton, L. and Diwakar, L. and Smith, P. and Denny, E. and Roberts, T. and Stobert, L. and Jowett, S. and Daniels, J. (2015) Outpatient versus inpatient uterine polyp treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding: Randomised controlled non-inferiority study. BMJ (Online), 350. ISSN 09598146 (ISSN)
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Abstract
To compare the effectiveness and acceptability of outpatient polypectomy with inpatient polypectomy. Design Pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled noninferiority study. Setting Outpatient hysteroscopy clinics in 31 UK National Health Service hospitals. Participants 507 women who attended as outpatients for diagnostic hysteroscopy because of abnormal uterine bleeding and were found to have uterine polyps. Interventions Participants were randomly assigned to either outpatient uterine polypectomy under local anaesthetic or inpatient uterine polypectomy under general anaesthesia. Data were collected on women's self reported bleeding symptoms at baseline and at 6, 12, and 24 months. Data were also collected on pain and acceptability of the procedure at the time of polypectomy. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was successful treatment, determined by the women's assessment of bleeding at six months, with a prespecified non-inferiority margin of 25%. Secondary outcomes included generic (EQ-5D) and disease specific (menorrhagia multi-attribute scale) quality of life, and feasibility and acceptability of the procedure. Results 73% (166/228) of women in the outpatient group and 80% (168/211) in the inpatient group reported successful treatment at six months (intention to treat relative risk 0.91, 95% confidence interval 0.82 to 1.02; per protocol relative risk 0.92, 0.82 to 1.02). Failure to remove polyps was higher (19% v 7%; relative risk 2.5, 1.5 to 4.1) and acceptability of the procedure was lower (83% v 92%; 0.90, 0.84 to 0.97) in the outpatient group Quality of life did not differ significantly between the groups. Four uterine perforations, one of which necessitated bowel resection, all occurred in the inpatient group. Conclusions Outpatient polypectomy was non-inferior to inpatient polypectomy. Failure to remove a uterine polyp was, however, more likely with outpatient polypectomy and acceptability of the procedure was slightly lower. Trial registration International Clinical Trials Registry 65868569. © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2015.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1398 | ||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adult, Article, clinical effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, controlled study, endometrium polyp, feasibility study, female, hospital care, human, intestine injury, intestine resection, laparotomy, major clinical study, multicenter study, outcome assessment, outpatient care, pain assessment, polypectomy, priority journal, quality of life, randomized controlled trial, reoperation, risk assessment, self report, uterus bleeding, uterus perforation, women's health | ||||
| Subjects: | CAH02 - subjects allied to medicine > CAH02-04 - nursing and midwifery > CAH02-04-01 - nursing (non-specific) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Social Care, Health and Related Research (C-SHARR) | ||||
| Depositing User: | Users 18 not found. | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2017 10:47 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 17:15 | ||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/615 |
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