Laparoscopic cryomyolysis: An alternative to myomectomy in women with symptomatic fibroids

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1785-1788

  Ciavattini, A ^a   Tsiroglou, D ^a   Piccioni, M ^a   Lugnani, F ^a   Litta, P ^b   Feliciotti, F ^c   Tranquilli, A L ^a  

^a Ospedale Pediatrico G Salesi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryomyolysis; Cryosurgery; Cryotherapy; Fibroid; Myolysis; Myoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC CRYOMYOLYSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17744376161     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9212-8     Document Type: Article

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