Abdominal radical trachelectomy: A fertility-preserving option for women with early cervical cancer

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-369

  Ungár, László ^a   Pálfalvi, László ^a   Hogg, Russell ^a   Siklós, Pál ^a   Boyle, Deborah C M ^b   Del Priore, Giuseppe ^c   Smith, Richard ^d  

^a Saint Stephen Hospital   (Hungary)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADICAL TRACHELECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 14644400429     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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