Comparison between the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) and thermal balloon ablation in the treatment of menorrhagia

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-74

  Barrington, Julian W ^a   Arunkalaivanan, Angamuthu S ^a   Abdel Fattah, Mohammed ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Menorrhagia; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037402384     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00408-6     Document Type: Article

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