Table 3.

Improvement of dysmenorrhea after high-intensity focused ultrasound for adenomyosis

Study	Reduction in dysmenorrhea (%)a)
	3	6	12	18	24
Magnetic resonance-guided
Polina et al. [19], 2012	60	100	-	-	-
Kim et al. [20], 2011	30.6	44.7	-	-	-
Ultrasound-guided
Liu et al. [13], 2016	61.8	-	-	-	-
Shui et al. [21], 2015	62	-	64	-	56
Long et al. [14], 2015	28.8	53.5	72.1	-	-
Zhou et al. [15], 2011	56.3	-	-	54.2	-
Wang et al. [16], 2009	25.0-83.3b)	-	-	-	-

^a)Months after treatment, based on menstrual pain score.

^b)Varied depending on power output (290-420 W).