Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Patient satisfaction
Systematic review	Premenopausal women 5 RCTs in this analysis	Proportion of women expressing overall dissatisfaction with treatment 21/382 (5%) with hysterectomy 57/454 (13%) with endometrial ablation	OR 2.46 95% CI 1.54 to 3.9 P <0.001	Moderate effect size	hysterectomy
Systematic review	Women of reproductive years with heavy menstrual bleeding 4 RCTs in this analysis	Proportion very or moderately satisfied 1-year follow-up 319/406 (79%) with endometrial resection/ablation 273/333 (82%) with hysterectomy	RR 0.94 95% CI 0.88 to 1.00 P = 0.062		Not significant
Systematic review	Women of reproductive years with heavy menstrual bleeding 4 RCTs in this analysis	Proportion very or moderately satisfied 2-year follow-up 222/311 (71%) with endometrial resection/ablation 201/256 (79%) with hysterectomy	RR 0.87 95% CI 0.80 to 0.95 P = 0.0024	Small effect size	hysterectomy
Systematic review	Women of reproductive years with heavy menstrual bleeding 2 RCTs in this analysis	Proportion very or moderately satisfied 4-year follow-up 84/123 (68%) with endometrial resection/ablation 93/123 (76%) with hysterectomy	RR 0.89 95% CI 0.77 to 1.03 P = 0.12		Not significant