Risk of hysterectomy after 1000 consecutive endometrial laser ablations

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 897-903

  Phillips, Graham ^a   Chien, Patrick F W ^b   Carry, Ray ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031711661     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10236.x     Document Type: Article

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