Uterine closure with the endo stitch 10-mm laparoscopic suturing device - A review of 50 laparoscopic myomectomies

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 288-296

  Stringer, Nelson H ^a,b   McMillen, Marvin A ^c   Jones, Robin L ^a   Nezhat, Azeadeh ^a   Park, Esther ^a  

^a MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endo Stitch laparoscopic suturing; Laparoscopic myomectomy; Laparoscopic suturing; Laparoscopic uterine closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031407186     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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