Microwave endometrial ablation: a new surgical treatment for 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: Journal of Microwave Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0917-7728,1882-210X
DOI: 10.3380/jmicrowavesurg.21.29