Endometrial resection and ablation versus hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Fergusson, Rosalie J ^a   Lethaby, Anne ^b   Shepperd, Sasha ^c   Farquhar, Cindy ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HYSTEROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900977522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000329.pub2     Document Type: Review

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