Endometrial resection: Factors affecting long-term success

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Gandhi, Saurabh V ^a   Fear, Kenneth B C ^b   Sturdee, David W ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial resection; Endometrium; Hysterectomy; Hysteroscopy; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032995355     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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