Hospital recovery following Thermachoice ablation is not dependent on setting (outpatient or daycase) or rescue analgesia: Unexpected result

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-81

  Varma, Rajesh ^a   Soneja, Hemi ^b   Samuel, Nadia ^c   Sangha, Eki ^c   Clark, T Justin ^c   Gupta, Janesh K ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Analgesia; Anesthesia; Endometrial ablation; Endometrium surgery; local; Menorrhagia; Pain; postoperative; Therapy; Thermachoice

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MEFENAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL BALLOON ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION;

EID: 49849084755     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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