Abdominal wall endometriosis: A diagnostic dilemma for surgeons: Three case reports

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 434-437

  Kocakusak, Ahmet ^a,c   Arpinar, Esra ^a   Arikan, Soykan ^a   Demirbag, Nilgun ^a   Tarlaci, Ahmet ^a   Kabaca, Canan ^b  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Endometriosis; Polytetrafluoroethylene patch grafting

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; PAIN; PERITONEUM; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 26644451403     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088118     Document Type: Article

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