Measurement of serosal temperatures and depth of thermal injury generated by thermal balloon endometrial ablation in ex vivo and in vivo models

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 692-697

  Shah, Arjav A ^a,b   Stabinsky, Seth A ^c   Klusak, Thomas ^a   Bradley, Kent R ^a   Steege, John F ^d   Grainger, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Woman's Hospital of Texas   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Depth of injury; Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Menorrhagia; Serosal temperatures; Thermal balloon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOMETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031751558     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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