The diagnosis and treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding in nonpregnant patients with hepatic cirrhosis

Abstract

To investigate the clinical characteristics of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in nonpregnant hepatic cirrhosis patients and to assess the treatment and curative effects of AUB. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 72 nonpregant AUB patients treated in Ditan Hospital from October 2008 to October 2009. Data were assessed with SPSS 10.0 and the constituent ratio was examined by chi-square tests. 58 out of the 72 nonpregnant AUB patients were climacteric patients (80.56%). Approximately 42.5% and 68.8% (x2=7.189, P = 0.027) of the AUB patients were diagnosed with compensated and decompensated liver cirrhosis, respectively, which presents a statistical significance. Among the 18 cases of AUB with hypermenorrhea, 12 were with compensated cirrhosis and 6 with decompensated cirrhosis, which makes a statistical significance with a chi-square result of 7.189, P = 0.027. 41 out of the 52 cases with diagnostic curettage (75.00%) were observed with pathological changes in endomembrane. During the three months to one year follow-up,10 of 67 patients showed effective expectant treatment and 16 cases with hysterectomia complained no postoperative complications. A high frequency of AUB was observed in nonpregnant cirrhosis patients. The main bleeding pattern of the nonpregnant AUB patients with cirrhosis is hypermenorrhea.