Endometrial thermal balloon ablation by a simple technique using Foley’s catheter with or without pre ablation endometrial curettage to treat cases with intractable menorrhagia
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Menorrhagia: endometrial ablation or hysterectomy?
BACKGROUND For many woman who suffer from menorrhagia, treatment would previously have meant hysterectomy. Today there are a number of less invasive surgical options available, such as endometrial ablation, which involves removal of the endometrium and part of the myometrium. This article compares two endometrial ablative techniques--transcervical resection of the endometrium and thermal balloo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Middle East Fertility Society Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1110-5690
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2011.12.002