Adhesions: Laparoscopic surgery versus laparotomy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 900, Issue , 2000, Pages 272-285

  Milingos, S ^a   Kallipolitis, G ^a   Loutradis, D ^a   Liapi, A ^a   Mavrommatis, K ^a   Drakakis, Peter ^a,b   Tourikis, J ^a   Creatsas, G ^a   Michalas, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROSURGERY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034098851     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06239.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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