Endometriosis: Modern surgical management to improve fertility

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-287

  Gordts, S ^a   Campo, R ^a   Brosens, I ^a   Puttemans, P ^a  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endoscopy; Infertility; Surgery; Transvaginal

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EXCISION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FENESTRATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE CYST; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVAGINATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; OOCYTE CORTEX; OVARIAN BLEEDING; PATHOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER INJURY; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 0038780476     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6934(02)00169-4     Document Type: Review

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