A randomized prospective trial comparing the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system with thermal balloon ablation for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding

Contraception

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-231

  de Souza, Sérgio S ^a   Camargos, Aroldo F ^a   de Rezende, Carolina P ^a   Pereira, Francisco A N ^a   Araújo, Cícero A A ^a   Silva Filho, Agnaldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Heavy menstrual bleeding; Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system; Thermal balloon ablation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMAL BALLOON ABLATION; UTERINE BLEEDING PATTERN; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76049084998     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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