title: [Therapy of recurrent menorrhagia--Cavaterm balloon coagulation versus roller-ball endometrium coagulation--a prospective randomized comparative study].
abstract: In a prospective study 20 patients suffering from recurrent, therapy-refractory menorrhagias were pre-treated for endometrial ablation after exclusion of intrauterine abnormalities and histological pathology. Two injections of GnRH-analogues (3.75 mg leuprorelinacetate depot, Enantone Gyn, Takeda Pharma GmbH Aachen, Germany). Two weeks after the last injection a hysteroscopic surgery by roller-ball-techniques was performed in 10 patients and a balloon-thermocoagulation by Cavaterm-technique (Wallsten Medical, Morges, Schweiz) was performed in 10 patients. Both patients groups were comparable according to age and anamnesis. In a follow-up of 9 to 15 months we found about identical results. All 20 patients were satisfied with the treatment. The Cavaterm-coagulation is in comparison to the operative hysteroscopy a simple method for endometrial coagulation, and can also be used by an hysteroscopically inexperienced gynaecologists with simple technical equipment. In strict indication the Cavaterm-coagulation is a simple method of endometrial ablation in many patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Römer
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020702:Hysteroscopes; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Die Therapie rezidivierender Menorrhagien--Cavaterm-Ballon-Koagulation versus Roller-Ball-Endometriumkoagulation--eine prospektive randomisierte Vergleichsstudie.