in order to compare the clinical efficacy, safety, success rate and probable complications of rollerball ablation with cutting loop endometrial resection in the treatment of menorrhagia, eighty-three women in reproductive age suffering from menorrhagia who did not respond to medication were treated in a randomized study comparing cutting loop endometrial resection with hysteroscopic rollerball ...

background dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub) is the most common gynecologic disorder in women of reproductive age. medical treatments are often ineffective. endometrial ablation is an alternative to hysterectomy for these women. objective to evaluate the response to treatment rate of the cavaterm tm plus technique for management of menorrhagia secondary to dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub...

In order to assess the efficacy of hysteroscopic endometrial ablation and factors which are important in it's success, a prospective, randomized study was performed in Shiraz university hospitals between Sep. 1995 to Feb. 1998. 50 patients with chief complaints of menorrhagia that were in reproductive age (25- 50 years) and had shown no response to medication and D&C underwent endometrial ...

in order to assess the efficacy of hysteroscopic endometrial ablation and factors which are important in it's success, a prospective, randomized study was performed in shiraz university hospitals between sep. 1995 to feb. 1998. 50 patients with chief complaints of menorrhagia that were in reproductive age (25- 50 years) and had shown no response to medication and d&c; underwent endometrial...

In order to compare the clinical efficacy, safety, success rate and probable complications of rollerball ablation with cutting loop endometrial resection in the treatment of menorrhagia, eighty-three women in reproductive age suffering from menorrhagia who did not respond to medication were treated in a randomized study comparing cutting loop endometrial resection with hysteroscopic rollerb...

OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for hysterectomy after endometrial ablation. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort analysis of data from Kaiser Permanente Northern California members, aged 25-60 years undergoing endometrial ablation from 1999 to 2004 and collected through 2007. Risk factors assessed included age, presence of leiomyomas, setting of procedure (inpatient or outpatient), ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether tubal ligation is a risk factor for future hysterectomy after second-generation endometrial ablation. DESIGN Retrospective chart review (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING Resident-run clinic and private office in a community setting. PATIENTS Five hundred eighty-seven patients who underwent endometrial ablation. INTERVENTIONS Patients...

BACKGROUND Microwave endometrial ablation is an effective treatment for dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Patients with leiomyomata, including submucosal leiomyomata up to 3 cm, may also be treated with microwave endometrial ablation. CASES A 46-year-old woman with multiple leiomyomata and menometrorrhagia underwent microwave endometrial ablation. Two months after microwave endometrial ablation...

BACKGROUND This study compares results of endometrial ablation alone and in combination with myoma coagulation. Subsequent surgery rates were 38% for ablation alone and 12% for combined therapy. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare hysterectomy rates following various surgical procedures to treat profuse uterine bleeding as well as myomatous uteri. STUDY DESIGN This is a descr...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of diagnostic hysteroscopy with biopsy in the preoperative preparation for endometrial ablation. METHODS It was a prospective non-randomized study conducted at the division of Gynecologic Endoscopy of Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual "Francisco Morato de Oliveira" from March 2007 to May 2009. A total of 45 patients with abnormal uterine bleeding, and referre...