A new technique for performing Syed template interstitial implants for anterior vaginal tumors using an open retropubic approach

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-125

  Paley, Pamela J ^a   Koh, Wui Jin ^a   Stelzer, Keith J ^a   Goff, Barbara A ^a   Tamimi, Hisham K ^a   Greer, Benjamin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELLULITIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; RECURRENT CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VAGINA TUMOR;

EID: 0032895473     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5326     Document Type: Article

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