Of the 152 patients who were included, 75 underwent TCRE and 77 had balloon ablation. The procedure had to be abandoned in 13 patients in the TCRE group (17%) and in 8 patients in the balloon ablation group (10%). In the TCRE group, four patients underwent a second resection, whereas hysterectomy was performed in 15 patients (3-year cumulative reintervention rate 26%)