Bilateral cornual abscess after endometrial ablation following Essure sterilization

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-511

  Jansen, Nicoline E ^a   Vleugels, Michel P H ^b   Kluivers, Kirsten B ^a   Vierhout, Mark E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ziekenhuis Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abscess; Complication; Endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ESSURE STERILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METRORRHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CAUTERY; DRAINAGE; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; METRORRHAGIA; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 34447284525     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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