Utility of in-office endometrial ablation: A prospective cohort study of endometrial ablation under local anesthesia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 827-831

  Chapa, Hector O ^a  

^a Women's Specialty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Endometrium

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849112296     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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