Electrocoagulation of the endometrium with the ball-end resectoscope.
In 15 patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding, electrocoagulation of the endometrium using a ball-end resectoscope resulted in amenorrhea in ten and hypomenorrhea in four, with one failure due to adenomyosis.
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