Levonorgestrel-IUD should be offered before hysterectomy for abnormal uterine bleeding without uterine structural abnormalities: there are no more excuses!
Dueholm, M.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 88(12): 1302-1304
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1600-0412 PMID: 19916888 DOI: 10.3109/00016340903322776Document Number: 209064
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