Clinical and health service implications of second generation endometrial ablation devices

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Amso, Nazar N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Effectiveness; Endometrial ablation; Outpatient; Quality of life; Second generation

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; UTERUS CAVITY;

ANESTHESIA; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROWAVES; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33745674293     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000233943.74672.2e     Document Type: Review

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