NovaSure impedance-controlled system for endometrial ablation

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Gallinat, Adolf ^a   Nugent, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Tagesklinik Altonaer Strasse   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; METRORRHAGIA; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATIENT SELECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036697696     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60405-7     Document Type: Article

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