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Endometrial Ablation

Video: Now, Women May Avoid Hysterectomy with an In-Office Procedure

Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, June 25th, 2007

There's a new trend happening in doctors' offices that's great news for the one in five women who suffer from menorrhagia (heavy periods). Gynecologists are performing endometrial ablation, a less-invasive alternative to hysterectomy, in their offices.

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Heavy menstrual bleeding is the cause of a large portion of the 600,000 hysterectomies performed each year, and most often, this means women undergo major surgery with a painful recovery lasting up to six weeks. But, endometrial ablation is a one-day solution designed to resolve heavy menstrual flows by thermally...

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