Background Guidelines standardise high-quality evidence-based management strategies for clinicians. Uterine fibroids are a highly prevalent condition and may exert significant morbidity.Objectives To appraise national and international uterine fibroid guidelines using the validated AGREE-II instrument.Selection strategy Database search of PubMed and EMBASE from inception to October 2020 for all published English-language uterine fibroid clinical practice guidelines.Data collection and analysis In all, 939 abstracts were screened for eligibility by two reviewers independently. Three reviewers used the AGREE-II instrument to assess guideline quality in six domains. Recommendations were mapped to allow a narrative synthesis regarding areas of consensus and disagreement.
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