Should endometrial polyps be removed in patients with postmenopausal bleeding? - An assessment of study designs and report of a failed randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN73825127)

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1391-1395

  Timmermans, A ^a,d   Veersema, S ^b   Van Kerkvoorde, T C ^b   Van Der Voet, L F ^b   Opmeer, B C ^a   Bongers, M Y ^c   Mol, B W J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endometrial polyps; Postmenopausal bleeding; Trial design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POLYPECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALGORITHMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 68849089458     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02234.x     Document Type: Article

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