Reproductive outcome after treatment of mild endometriqsis with laparoscopic excision and electrocoagulation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-231

  Tulandi, Togas ^a,b   Al Took, Sundus ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Endometriosis; Excision; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIFE TABLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031908702     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00469-x     Document Type: Article

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