Office Endometrial Ablation with Local Anesthesia Using the HydroThermAblator System: Comparison of Outcomes in Patients with Submucous Myomas with Those with Normal Cavities in 246 Cases Performed Over 51/2 Years

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 700-707

  Glasser, Mark H ^a   Heinlein, Peter K ^a   Hung, Yun Yi ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Global endometrial ablation; HTA; Hydrothermablation; Hysterectomy alternative; Local anesthesia; Menorrhagia; Myoma; Office endometrial ablation; Submucous myoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; METRORRHAGIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMA; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71849119061     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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