Characteristics of the study and data extraction
The articles that were considered had applied similar inclusion criteria: patients of more than 18 years of age or at pre-or peri-menopausal state. These studies have excluded patients in whom MRI with gadolinium is contraindicated or pregnant women. Chen et al. 15, Tung S L et al. 16, Jeong J, H et al. 17 and Tan N et al.20excluded uterine fibroids larger than 10 to 12 cm. Funaki Type 3 fibroid was also excluded in Chen et al. 15, Tung S L et al. 16, Jeong J H et al17 and Park M J et al.22. Besides, Jeong J H et al. 17 also included the effectiveness of MR-HIFU in patients with concomitant adenomyosis. The characteristics of these studies are tabulated in Table 2.