Thermal balloon endometrial ablation for management of acute uterine hemorrhage

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 1092-1094

  Nichols, Catherine Matthews ^a   Gill, Edward J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0036850324     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02101-4     Document Type: Article

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