Laparoscopic management of tubal ectopic pregnancy in obese women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 198-202

  Hsu, Senzan ^a   Mitwally, Mohamed F ^a   Aly, Ashraf ^a   Al Saleh, Mazin ^a   Batt, Ronald E ^a   Yeh, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Ectopic pregnancy; Laparoscopy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0346095179     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.05.025     Document Type: Article

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