Comparison of treatments for pelvic congestion syndrome

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-138

  Chung, Min Hyung ^a   Huh, Chu Yeop ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embolotherapy; Hysterectomy; Pelvic congestion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILIAC VEIN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS CONGESTION SYNDROME; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC PAIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0344668684     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.201.131     Document Type: Article

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