Outpatient endometrial ablation

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 713-726

  Cooper, Kevin G ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Local anaesthetic; Office; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INNERVATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CAVITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 29144502770     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2005.06.001     Document Type: Review

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