Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 23-24, May 2005

Managing menorrhagia: ‘second-generation’ techniques

  • David Parkin

      Affiliations

    • David Parkin is Consultant and Honorary Reader in Gynaecology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. His research interests include randomized trials on surgical treatment of menorrhagia.
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  • Alison Sambrook

      Affiliations

    • Alison Sambrook is a Specialist Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. She qualified from Manchester University. Her research interests are gynaecological surgical techniques.

Abstract 

The simplicity of use and short treatment times of second generation ablation techniques have increased the use of endometrial ablation in the treatment of menorrhagia. New techniques should be evaluated thoroughly before they are accepted into mainstream practice. Once treatment under local anaesthesia +/− conscious sedation has become accepted, the next step will be to explore the viability of moving out of theatre and into an out-patient setting.

Keywords:  menorrhagia and other menstrual problems , endometrial ablation

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00057-6

doi:10.1383/wohm.2.3.23.67163

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 23-24, May 2005

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