2000 Volume 18 Pages 99-102
The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical application of a microwave tissue coagulator at 2.45 GHz with a needle electrode specifically customized for endometrial ablation. Endometrial ablation was performed under intravenous thiopental anesthesia on three women suffering from hypermenorrhea caused by aplastic anemia (two), von Willebrand's disease (one) using a microwave tissue coagulator at 2.45 GHz. All patients were amenorrheic after endometrial ablation. No notable complications were observed during or after endometrial ablation. Endometrial ablation using a microwave tissue coagulator at 2.45 GHz is a simple and efficacious method for the treatment of hypermenorrhea.
