Safety and Efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation Therapy for Adenomyosis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1416-1423

  Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Yuexiang ^a   Tang, Jie ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; adenomyosis; high intensity focused ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SONOVUE;

ADENOMYOSIS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MENORRHAGIA; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349779186     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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