Gasless Laparoscopic Myomectomy: Indications, Surgical Technique and Advantages of a New Procedure for Removing Uterine Leiomyomas

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 792-798

  Damiani, Alfredo ^b   Melgrati, Luigi ^b   Marziali, Massimiliano ^b   Sesti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glasses laparoscopic myomectomy; Laparoscopic surgical procedures; Leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASLESS LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142213800     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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