Five-year follow-up after comparing bipolar endometrial ablation with hydrothermablation for menorrhagia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1292

  Penninx, Josien P M ^a,b   Herman, Malou C ^a,b   Mol, Ben W ^a,b   Bongers, Marlies Y ^a,b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROTHERMABLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION;

EID: 81855167646     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318236f7ed     Document Type: Article

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