Cost effective management of heavy uterine bleeding: Ablative methods versus hysterectomy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-410

  Neuwirth, R S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MENORRHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034810141     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200108000-00006     Document Type: Review

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