Thermal balloon endometrial ablation therapy induces a rise in uterine blood flow impedance: A randomized prospective color Doppler study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Skentou, C ^a   Souka, A P ^a   To, M S ^a   Liao, A W ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Thermal balloon; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MENORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MENORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0035076044     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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