A national survey of the complications of endometrial destruction for menstrual disorders: The MISTLETOE study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1351-1359

  Overton, Christopher ^a   Hargreaves, Janet ^a   Maresh, Michael ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0030712967     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11003.x     Document Type: Article

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