Outpatient thermal balloon ablation of the endometrium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1395-1401

  Clark, Thomas Justin ^a   Gupta, Janesh Kumar ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; local anesthesia; menorrhagia; outpatient; thermal balloon ablation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CODYDRAMOL; DICLOFENAC; ONDANSETRON; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SYNCOPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944239708     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.042     Document Type: Article

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