Endometrial vaporization of the cervical stump employing an office hysteroscope and bipolar technology

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 767-769

  Pontrelli, Giovanni ^a   Landi, Stefano ^b   Siristatidis, Charalampos ^d   Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio ^c   Ceci, Oronzo ^a   Bettocchi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Cervical stump; Office hysteroscopy; Subtotal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTRODE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 35548938505     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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