Thermal balloon endometrial ablator: A preclinical safety and effectiveness study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Banerjee, Kaberi ^a   Buckshee, Kamal ^a,b   Bhatla, Neerja ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b 719 Allms Resident Doctor's Hostel ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Menorrhagia; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMED CONSENT; MYOMETRIUM; PERITONEUM; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROSA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VISCERA;

EID: 0032936339     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1999.tb01137.x     Document Type: Article

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