Laparoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Volumetric Thermal Ablation of Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas: Feasibility Study Using the Halt 2000 Ablation System

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-371

  Garza Leal, José Gerardo ^a   Hernandez Leon, Ivan ^a   Castillo Saenz, Lorena ^a   Lee, Bruce B ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b Halt Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Laparoscopy; Leiomyoma; Menorrhagia; Myoma; Outpatient; Radiofrequency ablation; Uterine sparing

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955527499     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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