Skip to main content
California Medicine logoLink to California Medicine
. 1953 Aug;79(2):103–104.

CONSERVATIVE THERAPY OF BENIGN UTERINE BLEEDING—With Special Reference to the Use of Ergot

N Sproat Heaney, Earl Hyman
PMCID: PMC1521989  PMID: 13067023

Abstract

Although operation frequently is carried out in cases of excessive uterine bleeding of benign origin, particularly if fibrous tumor is present, in many cases major surgical intervention could be averted by adequate conservative therapy.

The authors have given Ergotrate® over long periods with good results in many cases and have noted no severe side effects. If this therapy fails, diagnostic dilatation and curettement sometimes reveals and removes the cause of bleeding.

If infection is a factor, use of sulfonamides or antibiotics sometimes has dramatic effect.

Full text

PDF
103

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. GREENBLATT R. B. The management of functional uterine bleeding. Med Clin North Am. 1950 Sep;34(5):1551–1565. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. SCHUMANN E. A., HYATT R. W. Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. West J Surg Obstet Gynecol. 1952 Feb;60(2):49–52. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from California Medicine are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES