Perioperative predictors of successful hysteroscopic endometrial ablation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-208

  Gemer, Ofer ^a   Kruchkovich, Jenya ^a   Huerta, Michael ^b   Kapustian, Viki ^a   Kroll, Dov ^a   Anteby, Eyal ^a  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Hysteroscopy; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOMA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 34248396714     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097847     Document Type: Article

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