Practical Tips for Office Hysteroscopy and Second-Generation "Global" Endometrial Ablation

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-399

  Glasser, Mark H ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Global endometrial ablation; Hysteroscopy; Office anesthesia; Office endometrial ablation; Office hysteroscopy; Paracervical block; Second generation endometrial ablation; Second generation global endometrial ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DIAZEPAM; IBUPROFEN; MISOPROSTOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AMBULATORY CARE; AMENORRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROSURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NULLIPARA; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; REIMBURSEMENT; SALPINGECTOMY; TONOMETER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY; STERILIZATION, TUBAL;

EID: 67649370754     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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