Thermal endometrial ablation: A simple technique

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Singh, Kishor C ^a,b   Sengupta, Rinku ^a   Agarwal, Neera ^a   Misra, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b GTB Hospital Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blind; Device; Endometrial ablation; Pathological changes

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CANNULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEROSA; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERUS;

CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033987894     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079001054.x     Document Type: Article

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