Results of laparoscopic treatments of ovarian endometriomas: Laparoscopic ovarian fenestration and coagulation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 527-529

  Hemmings, Robert ^a,b   Bissonnette, Francois ^a,b,c   Bouzayen, Renda ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Fenestration; Laparoscopy; Ovarian coagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN CYSTS; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031693335     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00219-2     Document Type: Article

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