Cost of different types of surgical therapy for abnormal uterine bleeding. A review.

Treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding by abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy has been partially replaced by operative endoscopy. Operative endoscopy (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy), appropriately employed, might offer numerous advantages, such as decreased hospital stay, complications and discomfort. The cost and health care utilization of operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy as compared to traditional surgical methods are less understood.