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Major uterine procedures during 8 years of follow-up, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Uterine Fibroid Study.
| Whites |
African-Americans |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | N = 29 | (%) | N = 86 | (%) |
| Hysterectomy | 13 | (45) | 64 | (74) |
| Myomectomy | 9 | (31) | 4 | (5) |
| Hysteroscopic resection | 5 | (17) | 7 | (8) |
| Uterine artery embolization | 0 | (0) | 9 | (11) |
| Endometrial ablation | 2 | (7) | 1 | (1) |
| Thermal balloon | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1) |
