Second-generation endometrial ablation treatment: Novasure

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 989-994

  Bongers, Marlies Y ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

endometrial ablation; menorrhagia; Novasure

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERATOR; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENORRHAGIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS PERFORATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549066064     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.03.024     Document Type: Review

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