Implantation endometrioma at port site after laparoscopic abdominal supracervical hysterectomy

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-247

  Wilson, Hayley ^a   Shaxted, Edward J ^b  

^a KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Implantation; Laparoscopy; Port site; Subtotal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0032883002     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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