Is endometrial monitoring required with the use of long-term unopposed vaginal estrogen?
However, endometrial screening by any method, e.g. ultrasonic endometrial thickness, outpatient endometrial biopsy or progestogen challenge tests, is costly and will lead to many false-positive results, with subsequent unnecessary surgical interventions including hysteroscopy and diagnostic curettag...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society 2006-10, Vol.9 (5), p.321-322 |
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Zusammenfassung: | However, endometrial screening by any method, e.g. ultrasonic endometrial thickness, outpatient endometrial biopsy or progestogen challenge tests, is costly and will lead to many false-positive results, with subsequent unnecessary surgical interventions including hysteroscopy and diagnostic curettage, often under general anesthesia. |
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ISSN: | 1369-7137 1473-0804 |
DOI: | 10.1080/13697130600955229 |