Laterally extended parametrectomy (LEP), the technique for radical pelvic side wall dissection: Feasibility, technique and results

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 914-917

  Pálfalvi, László ^a   Ungár, László ^a  

^a Saint Stephen Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Extended parametrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LATERALLY EXTENDED PARAMETRECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERITONITIS; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1242294389     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2003.13043.x     Document Type: Article

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