Risk factors for cervical stenosis after loop electrocautery excision procedure

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 657-660

  SUH BURGMANN, ELIZABETH J ^a   WHALL STROJWAS, DENISE ^a   CHANG, YUCHIAO ^a   HUNDLEY, DREW ^a   GOODMAN, ANNEKATHRYN ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0033788247     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200011000-00003     Document Type: Article

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