title: [Thermal balloon as a therapeutic choice in dysfunctional uterine bleeding].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the results obtained with the use of the thermal balloon in the dysfunctional uterine bleeding treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 50 climacteric patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding diagnosis. Those diagnosed with moderate to severe dysfunctional uterine bleeding (with hematic losses of 140 to 180 mL per event), without benign or malignant endometrial neoplastic compromise were selected for ablation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The immediate or mediate evolution was satisfactory: five patients had moderate to acute pain, and 20 of them had mild to moderate pain. Likewise, 10 patients had normal bleedings (60 to 80 mL), 8 hypooligomenorrhea (10 to 20 mL), and 7 amenorrhea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endometrial ablation with thermal balloon is an easy, useful, and important procedure in climacteric patients with excessive bleedings.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Ginecoobstetricia del Centro Médico Nacional, Irapuato, Guanajuato.
authors.forename: Humberto Cano
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Humberto Eugenio
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Canoaguilar
authors.forename: Fabio Dorian
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Canoaguilar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*