Hydrothermal ablation: Assessment of a new simple method for treatment of uncontrolled menorrhagia

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 111-117

  Hefni, Mohamed A ^a   El Toukhy, Tarek ^a   Nagy, Charles ^a   Mahadevan, Subramanian ^a   Davies, Angharad E ^a  

^a Benenden Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Endometrial; Fibroid; Hydrothermal; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

GOSERELIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEROSA; SPOTTING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0036457280     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.2002.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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