American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 5 , Pages e21-e23 , May 2009

Patient satisfaction with thermal balloon ablation for treatment of menorrhagia

Presented at the 35th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Las Vegas, NV, November 2006.

  • Danielle Hazard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Danielle Hazard, MD, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hershey, PA 17033
    • ,
  • Gerald Harkins, MD

Received 7 July 2008 ,Revised 25 August 2008 ,Accepted 3 September 2008.

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 This study was supported by an educational Grant from Ethicon Women's Health and Urology.

PII: S0002-9378(08)01043-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.09.006

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 5 , Pages e21-e23 , May 2009

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