Endometrial hydrothermablation: A comparison of short-term clinical effectiveness in patients with normal endometrial cavities and those with intracavitary pathology

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-149

  Rosenbaum, Stacey P ^a   Fried, Marc ^a   Munro, Malcolm G ^a,b,c  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Station 3 B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermablation; Leiomyomas; Uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20444367649     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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