Hysteroscopic and nonhysteroscopic endometrial ablation

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 687-704

  Vilos, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AMENORRHEA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 4444318894     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2004.05.009     Document Type: Review

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