Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Ashraf TA

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• Research Article
  Uterine Thermal Balloon Ablation versus Hysteroscopic Endometrial Resection in Treatment of Menorrhagia
  Author(s): Ashraf TA and Gamal M Ashraf TA and Gamal M
  
  Study design: A randomized clinical prospective comparative study. Setting: The study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, between May 2010 and August 2012. Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of a uterine thermal balloon system with hysteroscopic endometrial resection in the treatment of selected cases of menorrhagia. Patients and methods: The study comprised seventy premenopausal women with persistent intractable menorrhagia, selected under strict inclusion criteria. Patients were randomized into two equal groups of 35 patients each. Patients of the first group were treated by uterine thermal balloon system (35 patients), while those of the other group were treated by hysteroscopic endometrial resection (35 patients). Quantification of pre-procedural and post-procedural menstrua.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932.1000136

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