Photodynamic Endometrial Ablation for the Treatment of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding: A Preliminary Report

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Degen, Andrea F ^a   Gabrecht, Tanja ^b   Mosimann, Laurent ^b   Fehr, Mathias K ^a   Hornung, René ^a   Schwarz, Viola A ^a   Tadir, Yona ^c   Steiner, Rolf A ^a   Wagnières, Georges ^b   Wyss, Pius ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Endometrial ablation; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRORRHAGIA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 9144263643     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10244     Document Type: Article

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