Outpatient Thermachoice endometrial balloon ablation: long-term, prognostic and quality-of-life measures.

Study Objective: To evaluate short- and long-term treatment outcomes of outpatient local anaesthetic thermal balloon endometrial ablation (LA-TBEA) and identify any prognostic factors.

Study Design: Prospective observational study in a UK teaching hospital involving 102 menorrhagic women undergoing LA-TBEA between 2001 and 2005. Women underwent either Gynecare® Thermachoice I (n = 51) or Thermachoice III (n = 51) TBEA performed in the outpatient setting under local anaesthesia without conscious sedation.

Outpatient thermal balloon ablation of the endometrium.

Objective: To determine the feasibility and potential efficacy of thermal balloon ablation of the endometrium in the outpatient setting without the need for general anesthesia or conscious sedation.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Outpatient hysteroscopy clinic in a university-affiliated teaching hospital.