Laparoscopic myomectomy in premenopausal women with and without preoperative treatment using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-48

  Campo, Sebastiano ^a   Garcea, Nicola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

GnRH analogue; Laparoscopy; Myomectomy; Operative; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032910053     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.44     Document Type: Article

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