Verpalen, Inez M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-0637
de Boer, Jolien P.
Linstra, Marlot
Pol, Roelien L. I.
Nijholt, Ingrid M.
Moonen, Chrit T. W.
Bartels, Lambertus W.
Franx, Arie
Boomsma, Martijn F.
Braat, Manon N. G.
Article History
Received: 8 August 2019
Revised: 15 November 2019
Accepted: 17 December 2019
First Online: 10 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is M.F. Boomsma, M.D., Ph.D.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise: I.M. Nijholt, Ph.D. No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: The short- and mid-term results of some study subjects have been previously reported in the following:• Ikink ME, Nijenhuis RJ, Verkooijen HM et al (2014) Volumetric MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound versus uterine artery embolisation for treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: comparison of symptom improvement and reintervention rates. Eur Radiol 24:2649–2657. ExternalRef removed• Ikink ME, Voogt MJ, Verkooijen HM et al (2013) Mid-term clinical efficacy of a volumetric magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound technique for treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids. Eur Radiol 23:3054–61. ExternalRef removed• Voogt MJ, Trillaud H, Kim YS et al (2012) Volumetric feedback ablation of uterine fibroids using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound therapy. Eur Radiol 22:411–417. ExternalRef removed• Ikink ME, van Breugel JMM, Schubert G et al (2015) Volumetric MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound with direct skin cooling for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: proof-of-concept study. BioMed Research International 2015:1–10. ExternalRef removed
: • Retrospective• Case–control study• Performed at one institution