Use of other treatments before hysterectomy for benign conditions in a statewide hospital collaborative

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 304.e1-304.e7

  Corona, Lauren E ^a   Swenson, Carolyn W ^b   Sheetz, Kyle H ^b   Shelby, Gwendolyn ^b   Berger, Mitchell B ^b   Pearlman, Mark D ^b   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Delancey, John O ^b   Morgan, Daniel M ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative treatment; hysterectomy; pathology

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 84924740445     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.11.031     Document Type: Article

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