Endoscopic dissection of the uterosacral ligaments for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-35

  Wiborny, Rudolf ^a   Pichler, Barbara ^a  

^a Gen Hospital Waidhofen ad Thaya   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Dissection of uterosacral ligament; Pelvic pain surgery

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT;

EID: 0031945786     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1998.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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