Laparoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of uterine fibroids

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-698

  Milic, Andrea ^a   Asch, Murray R ^b   Hawrylyshyn, Peter A ^c   Allen, Lisa M ^c   Colgan, Terence J ^c   Kachura, John R ^d   Hayeems, Eran B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Radiofrequency ablation (RFA); Uterus

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MENSTRUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33744745661     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0045-9     Document Type: Article

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