Laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with endometriosis

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Berker, Bulent ^a   LaShay, Nanette ^a   Davarpanah, Romina ^a   Marziali, Massimilano ^a,b,c   Nezhat, Ceana H ^b   Nezhat, Camran ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nezhat Medical Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal pathologies; Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Laparoscopic appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CELLULITIS; DATA BASE; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEMATODIASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20444394000     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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