The excision of uterine fibroids by vaginal myomectomy: A prospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 961-964

  Davies, Anthony ^a   Hart, Roger ^a   Magos, Adam L ^a  

^a Minimally Invasive Therapy Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Myomectomy; Vaginal myomectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 0033007204     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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