Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system vs. transcervical endometrial resection for dysfunctional uterine bleeding

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Gupta, B ^a   Mittal, S ^a   Misra, R ^a   Deka, D ^a   Dadhwal, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system; Pictoral blood loss assessment score; Transcervical resection of the endometrium

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOATING; BREAST TENDERNESS; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METRORRHAGIA; MOOD CHANGE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMENORRHEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCERVICAL ENDOMETRIAL RESECTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750820201     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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