The diagnostic value of laparoscopy in 2365 patients with acute and chronic pelvic pain

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-248

  Kontoravdis, A ^a   Chryssikopoulos, A ^a   Hassiakos, D ^a   Liapis, A ^a   Zourlas, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute pelvic pain; Chronic pelvic pain; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Operative laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS;

EID: 0030031930     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02611-8     Document Type: Article

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