Health status function after treatment with thermal balloon endometrial ablation and levonorgestrel intrauterine system for idiopathic menorrhagia: A randomized study

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Wing, Hung Tam ^a,b   Pong, Mo Yuen ^a   Ng, Doris Pui Shan ^a   Pui, Ling Leung ^a   Lok, Ingrid Hung ^a   Rogers, Michael Scott ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health status function; Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Thermal balloon endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST DISEASE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC MENORRHAGIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEVONORGESTREL INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM; MENORRHAGIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPOTTING; THERMAL BALLOON ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; IRON; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746870466     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092660     Document Type: Article

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