Two-year follow up of women randomised to medical management or transcervical resection of the endometrium for heavy menstrual loss: Clinical and quality of life outcomes

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 258-265

  Cooper, Kevin G ^a   Parkin, David E ^a   Garratt, Andrew M ^b   Grant, Adrian M ^c  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033059022     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08240.x     Document Type: Article

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