Patient satisfaction with thermal balloon endometrial ablation: A retrospective review

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 635-636

  Jarrell, April ^b   Olsen, Martin E ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endometrium; Menorrhagia; Thermal balloon endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; METRORRHAGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL BALLOON ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041418383     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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