Ultrasonographic features following thermal balloon endometrial ablation therapy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-16

  Jarvela I ^a   Tekay, A ^a   Santala, M ^a   Jouppila, P ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Endometrial ablation; Thermal balloon endometrial ablation; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036386884     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064690     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Amso NN, Stabinsky SA, McFaul P, Blanc B, Pendley L, Neuwirth R: Uterine thermal balloon therapy for the treatment of menorrhagia: The first 300 patients from a multi-centre study. International Collaborative Uterine Thermal Balloon Working Group. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998;105:517-523.
2. Friberg B, Joergensen C, Ahlgren M: Endometrial thermal coagulation - degree of uterine fibrosis predicts treatment outcome. Gynecol Obstet Invest 1998;45:54-57.
3. Meyer WR, Walsh BW, Grainger DA, Peacock LM, Loffer FD, Steege JF: Thermal balloon and rollerball ablation to treat menorrhagia: A multicenter comparison. Obstet Gynecol 1998; 92:98-103.
4. Neuwirth RS, Duran AA, Singer A, MacDonald R, Bolduc L: The endometrial ablator: A new instrument. Obstet Gynecol 1994;83:792-796.
5. Fernandez H, Capella S, Audibert F: Uterine thermal balloon therapy under local anaesthesia for the treatment of menorrhagia: A pilot study. Hum Reprod 1997;12:2511-2514.
6. Singer A, Almanza R, Gutierrez A, Haber G, Bolduc LR, Neuwirth R: Preliminary clinical experience with a thermal balloon endometrial ablation method to treat menorrhagia. Obstet Gynecol 1994;83:732-734.
7. Andersen LF, Meinert L, Rygaard C, Junge J, Prento P, Ottesen BS: Thermal balloon endometrial ablation: Safety aspects evaluated by serosal temperature, light microscopy and electron microscopy. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1998;79:63-68.
8. Fleischer AC: Optimizing the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography of the endometrium. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1839-1840.
9. Langer RD, Pierce JJ, O'Hanlan KA, Johnson SR, Espeland MA, Trabal JF, Barnabei VM, Merino MJ, Scully RE: Transvaginal ultrasonography compared with endometrial biopsy for the detection of endometrial disease. Post-menopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Trial. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1792-1798.
10. Järvelä I, Tekay A, Santala M, Jouppila P: Thermal balloon endometrial ablation therapy induces a rise in uterine blood flow impedance: A randomized prospective color Doppler study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2001;17: 65-70.
11. Preston JT, Cameron IT, Adams EJ, Smith SK: Comparative study of tranexamic acid and norethisterone in the treatment of ovulatory menorrhagia. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1995;102: 401-406.
12. Järvelä I, Tekay A, Jouppila P: The effect of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system on uterine artery blood flow, hormone concentrations and ovarian cyst formation in fertile women. Hum Reprod 1998;13:3379-3383.