Post-hysteroscopic ablation reaction: A histopathologic study of the effects of electrosurgical ablation

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Colgan, Terence J ^a,c   Shah, Rajiv ^b   Leyland, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

DUB; Endometrial ablation; Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial granulomas; Hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; METRORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0032857066     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199910000-00006     Document Type: Article

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