Microwave endometrial ablation: An overview

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-38

  Jack, Stuart A ^a   Cooper, Kevin G ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MEA; Menorrhagia; Microwave endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GOSERELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PRILOCAINE;

BLEEDING DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 18144367012     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigp.2004.06.005     Document Type: Review

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