NovaSure™: The bipolar radiofrequency endometrial ablation system for dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-693

  Laberge, Philippe Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar radiofrequency; Endometrial ablation; Menorrhagia; NovaSure

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADENOMYOSIS; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG USE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33749519991     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.2.5.687     Document Type: Article

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