Endometrial thermal coagulation degree of uterine fibrosis predicts treatment outcome

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-57

  Friberg, Britt ^a,b   Joergensen, Connie ^a   Ahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial destruction; Hysteroscopy; Saline infusion sonography; Thermal coagulation; Uterine fibrosis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENORRHAGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0031973153     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009925     Document Type: Article

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