The effect of endometriosis and its radical laparoscopic excision on quality of life indicators

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-54

  Garry, Ray ^a,b   Clayton, Richard ^a   Hawe, Jeremy ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; THERMOMETER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033986590     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11578.x     Document Type: Article

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