In women with large uterine myomas, triptorelin reduced uterine volume while volume remained unchanged without treatment.
In plain wordsIn women with large uterine myomas, triptorelin reduced uterine volume compared with no treatment.
- Outcome
- DecreaseUterine volume
- Study
n = 62
- Comparator
- No treatment
- Outcome group
- Uterine fibroid outcomes · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- 11.25 mg depot · injection · 3 months before surgeryAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Uterine volume reduction
- 26.5%
- triptorelin
Source sentences
Triptorelin decreased uterine volume, calculated by ultrasonography, by 26.5% in group A, whereas the volume remained unchanged in group B.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty-two women with symptomatic uterine myomas (size 16-20 wks).
Before surgery, women were assigned, at a ratio of 1:1 by random selection, to receive injections of triptorelin depot 11.25 mg 3 months before surgery (group A) or no treatment (group B).