Pelvic Denervation Surgery: What the Evidence and Anatomy Teach Us

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-772

  Rogers Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DENERVATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURECTOMY; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISCERAL PAIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DENERVATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0242594563     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200312000-00005     Document Type: Review

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