Early Results of Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Adenomyosis: Analysis of 20 Cases

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-579

  Fukunishi, Hidenobu ^a   Funaki, Kaoru ^a   Sawada, Katsuhiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Kayo ^a   Maeda, Tetsuo ^b   Kaji, Yasushi ^c  

^a Shinsuma General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49649105451     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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