Economic burden during and after menorrhagia surgery
Table 1 gives the hospitalization costs for initial surgery and during the following 18 months, for the different strategies. Costs were the highest for women having undergone hysterectomy (\euro4,157 per patient on average), almost two-fold higher than for the 2G and curettage (\euro2,448 and \euro2,275 per patient, on average). 1G surgery procedure was the least expensive surgical technique (\euro2,100 per patient), allowing to reduce the hospitalization cost of \euro352 per patient, as compared to 2G.