Advances in endometrial ablation

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 789-802

  Roy, Kelly H ^a,b   Mattox, John H ^a,b  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BURN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS PERFORATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0036887198     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200212000-00003     Document Type: Review

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