NovaSure impedance controlled system for endometrial ablation: Three-year follow-up on 107 patients

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1585-1589

  Gallinat, Adolf ^a,b  

^a Zentrum Operative Gynäkologie   (Germany)

^b Tagesklinik Altonaer Strasse   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Hysterectomy; Menorrhagia; NovaSure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; METRORRHAGIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544230614     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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