A randomised comparison of microwave endometrial ablation with transcervical resection of the endometrium; follow up at a minimum of five years

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 470-475

  Cooper, Kevin G ^a   Bain, Christine ^a   Lawrie, Lisa ^a   Parkin, David E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TRANSCERVICAL RESECTION OF THE ENDOMETRIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144387309     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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