Surgical management of endometrial adenocarcinoma using laparoscopically assisted staging and treatment

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1174-1177

  Bajaj, Priya K ^a   Barnes, Mack N ^a   Robertson, Mathew W ^a   Shah, Parul ^a   Austin III, J Max ^a   Partridge, Edward E ^a   Austin Jr , J Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033373275     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199912000-00008     Document Type: Article

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