Prediction of successful menorrhagia treatment after thermal balloon endometrial ablation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-216

  Shaamash, Ayman H ^a,b   Sayed, Ezzat H ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Menorrhagia; Prediction of success; Thermal balloon endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; THERMAL BALLOON ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042759726     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2004.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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