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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 70 women who underwent MR-HIFU treatments

From: Lessons learned during implementation of MR-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids

Characteristics of all 70 women

 

Characteristics of first 22 women

 

Characteristics of remaining 48 women

 

Age (years) median [range]

46.0 [26–57]

 

Age (years) median [range]

47.0 [41–57]

 

Age (years) median [range]

45.0 [26–54]*

 

BMI (kg/m2) median [range]

24.3 [17.5–35.5]

 

BMI (kg/m2) median [range]

24.0 [20.4–31.9]

 

BMI (kg/m2) median [range]

24.6 [17.5–35.5]

 

Characteristics of all 76 treatments

 

Characteristics of first 25 treatments

 

Characteristics of remaining 51 treatments

 

Amount of fibroids treated N (%)

Amount of fibroids treated N (%)

Amount of fibroids treated N (%)

1

61 (80.3%)

1

24 (96.0%)

1

37 (72.5%)

2

6 (7.9%)

2

1 (4.0%)

2

5 (9.8%)

3

6 (7.9%)

3

0

3

6 (11.8%)

4

2 (2.6%)

4

0

4

2 (3.9%)

5

1 (1.3%)

5

0

5

1 (2.0%)

Characteristics of all 102 fibroids

Characteristics of first 21 fibroids

Characteristics of remaining 81 fibroids

Location

N (%)

Location

N (%)

Location

N (%)

Submucosal

27 (26.5%)

Submucosal

6 (28.6%)

Submucosal

21 (25.9%)

Intramural

26 (25.5%)

Intramural

3 (14.3%)

Intramural

23 (28.4%)

Subserosal

33 (32.4%)

Subserosal

9 (42.9%)

Subserosal

24 (29.6%)

Hybrid

16 (15.7%)

Hybrid

3 (14.3%)

Hybrid

13 (16.0%)

Funaki type

N (%)

Funaki type

N (%)

Funaki type

N (%)

1

10 (9.8%)

1

1 (4.8%)

1

9 (11.1%)

2

83 (81.4%)

2

19 (90.5%)

2

64 (79.0%)

3

9 (8.8%)

3

1 (4.8%)

3

8 (9.9%)

Diameter (cm) median [range]

4.8 [1.4–18.1]

Diameter (cm) median [range]

6.0 [1.7–10.3]

Diameter (cm) median [range]

4.6 [1.4–18.1]

  1. The 22 women treated in the first 25 treatments (third column) were compared to the 48 women treated in the remaining 51 MR-HIFU treatments (fifth column)
  2. *p =  < 0.05 between the first 22 and second 48 women treated