Thermal ablation performed in a primary care setting: The South Warwickshire Experience

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1117-1120

  Oláh, Karl S ^a   Alliston, Joanne ^b   Jones, Julia ^b   Stewart, Gavin ^a   Mavrommatis, Ruth ^c  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chestnut Walk Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Stratford Upon Avon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERMAL ABLATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AMBULATORY CARE; BALLOON DILATATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344449142     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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