Interstitial thermo-ablation under MRI guidance for the treatment of fibroids

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-282

  Law, Penelope ^a   Regan, Lesley ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER COAGULATION; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034435911     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200008000-00002     Document Type: Review

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