Prognostic factors for the success of thermal balloon ablation in the treatment of menorrhagia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1060-1066

  Bongers, M Y ^a   Mol, B W J ^b   Brolmann H A M ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS INVERSION;

EID: 0036275392     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02011-2     Document Type: Article

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