Endometriosis: Presentation to general surgeons

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Khetan, N ^a   Torkington, J ^a   Watkin, A ^a   Jamison, M H ^a   Humphreys, W V ^a  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; General surgeons; Gyaecologist

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SUBFERTILITY; SURGEON;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032768849     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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