Microwave and thermal balloon ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding: A systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Garside, Ruth ^a   Stein, Ken ^a   Wyatt, Katrina ^a   Round, Ali ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL BALLOON ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE BLEEDING PATTERN;

BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 11844301592     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Review

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