Outpatient hysteroscopic polypectomy in 237 patients: Feasibility of a one-stop "see-and-treat" procedure

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 500-504

  Garuti, Giancarlo ^a   Cellani, Fulvia ^a   Colonnelli, Monica ^a   Grossi, Francesco ^a   Luerti, Massimo ^a  

^a Lodi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 9244228497     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60083-7     Document Type: Article

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