Quality of Life Should Be Considered the Primary Outcome for Measuring Success of Endometrial Ablation

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-495

  Abbott, Jason A ^a,b,e   Hawe, Jed ^b,c   Garry, Ray ^b,d   Corson, Stephen L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIAL LASER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIAL LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HABIT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE CONTROLLED SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346103705     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60153-3     Document Type: Article

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