Role of hysterectomy and its alternatives in benign uterine diseases

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-236

  Mukherjee, S N ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a JIPMER ^*

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^e LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Conservative medical therapy; Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Hydrothermal ablation; Hysterectomy; Surgical management; Uterine fibroid

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; DANAZOL; ETAMSYLATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEVONORGESTREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOMECTOMY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 49149130870     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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