The clinical relevance of hysteroscopic polypectomy in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1387-1390

  Van Dongen, H ^a   Janssen, C A H ^b   Smeets, M J G H ^c   Emanuel, M H ^d   Jansen, F W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Hysterectomy; Polypectomy; Premenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPS; PREMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68849107528     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02145.x     Document Type: Article

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