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. 2022 Nov 11;4(Suppl 1):e000094. doi: 10.1136/bmjsit-2021-000094
Uterine Fibroids Data Elements*
Medical history
General medical history High blood pressure Diabetes Thyroid problems Blood clots in legs or lungs Endometriosis Adenomyosis
Menstrual cycle/flow Are your periods regular (in timing and predictable within 5 days)? Do you have a history of anemia related to your heavy periods or fibroids? If yes, did this anemia ever require A blood transfusion? Heaviness of flow
Pregnancy history Have you ever been pregnant? If yes, how many pregnancies have You had? For each pregnancy, outcome: For each pregnancy, when did you Deliver? For each pregnancy, what type of Delivery did you have?
Uterine fibroid history Are you currently having any symptoms related to your fibroids? If yes, select all fibroid-related Symptoms you are currently Experiencing
Prior uterine fibroid procedures How many prior procedures? Abdominal myomectomy (open surgery to remove the fibroids, abdominal incision) If yes, year of procedure Hysteroscopic myomectomy (telescope inside the uterus removing fibroids) If yes, year of procedure Laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy, (davinci robotic surgery) If yes, year of procedure Myomectomy, vaginal (open surgery to remove fibroids, vaginal incision) If yes, year of procedure Focused ultrasound (exablate; sonalleve) If yes, year of procedure Endometrial ablation (any type; examples include: novasure impedance, her option, hydrotherm, microsulis (microwave), thermachoice balloon, resectoscope) If yes, year of procedure Radiofrequency ablation (acessa) (destroying the fibroid with heat from a needle that is inserted into the fibroid using a telescope inserted through a small abdominal incision) If yes, year of procedure Uterine arterial embolization/ uterine fibroid embolization (uae) (inserting particles to block fibroid blood vessels using a slender, flexible tube) If yes, year of procedure
Current uterine fibroid therapies or supplements Do you use hormonal birth control? If yes, what do you use it for: If yes, what type of hormonal birth Control? Tranexamic acid (lysteda) Lupron Anti-inflammatory medication or nsaids (e.g., Ibuprofen, motrin, aleve, advil, anaprox, etc.)
Imaging data
Imaging data Date of imaging Type of modality Fibroid location Fibroid sizes/measurement How many fibroids are visualized (e.g., Present or seen)? How many fibroids are measured? Report all dimensions listed Adenomyosis? Endometriosis? Uterine lesion suspicious for malignancy?
Procedure data
Planned procedure Planned procedure Was the planned procedure completed? If no, was another uterine fibroid Procedure performed?
All procedures Procedure date Discharge date Primary surgeon Primary procedure performed Intraoperative adverse events (aes) If any aes, was ae device-related? Ovarian pathology findings Uterine pathology findings Other operative findings Estimated blood loss (in cc/ml) Post-operative events Other procedures performed
Hysterectomy Surgical route Route for removal of uterus Uterine weight Was morcellation used? If yes, was morcellation contained? If yes, what device was used to Morcellate and/or contain tissue?
Abdominal myomectomy Incision type # of excised fibroids Cumulative weight of excised fibroids
Hysteroscopic myomectomy Cumulative weight of excised fibroids # of excised fibroids
Endometrial ablation Type
Laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy Was morcellation used? If yes, was morcellation contained? If yes, what device was used to Morcellate and/or contain tissue? Cumulative weight of excised fibroids # of excised fibroids
Uterine artery embolization Uterine arteries embolized? Ovarian arteries embolized?
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound Device # of treated fibroids Injury to other structures diagnosed post-procedure
Radiofrequency ablation via laparoscopy # of fibroids visualized on ultrasound # of treated fibroids
Post-procedure data
Post-procedure data Treatment failure: did you have another fibroid procedure? Was cancer found during follow up? If cancer was found, was it lms? Post-procedure adverse events
Long-term follow-up data
Long-term follow-up data Treatment failure: did you have another fibroid procedure? Was cancer found during follow up? If cancer found, was it lms? Post-procedure adverse events
*These data elements may be entered by patients, by physicians, or through a hybrid approach based on available technology.
Note: This table originally appeared in The Women’s Health Technologies Coordinated Registry Network (WHT-CRN) report.13