Thermoregulated radiofrequency endometrial ablation

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-818

  Dequesne, Jacques ^a   Gallinat, Adolph ^b   Garza Leal, José G ^c   Sutton, Christopher J G ^d   Van Der Pas, Harry F M ^e   Wamsteker, Kees ^f   Chandler, James G ^g,h  

^a Clinic Cecil   (Switzerland)

^b Center of Operative Gynecology   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^d Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e Gynaecologie Verloskunde   (Belgium)

^f Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^g Valleylab   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Hysteroscopy; Menorrhagia; Radiofrequency ablation; Thermoregulated control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031407431     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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