A new nonabsorbable adhesion barrier for myomectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 428-432

  Pelosi II, Marco A ^a   Pelosi III, Marco A ^a  

^a Pelosi Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion barrier; Adhesion prevention; Myomectomy; Postmyomectomy adhesions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SIGMOID; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036846304     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01017-6     Document Type: Article

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