Minimally invasive surgery for ablation of the endometrium

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-336

  Shirk, Gerald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b OB/GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; WATER;

EID: 18044370243     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000159539.34845.eb     Document Type: Review

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