Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for adenomyosis: The clinical experience of a single center

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 900-905

  Zhou, Min ^a   Chen, Jin Yun ^a   Tang, Liang Dan ^a   Chen, Wen Zhi ^a   Wang, Zhi Biao ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; High intensity focused ultrasound; thermal ablation; ultrasound ablation; uterus

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DEATH; DYSMENORRHEA; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951950792     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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