Color Doppler evaluation of changes in uterine perfusion induced by the use of an absorbable cervical tourniquet during open myomectomy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 390-393

  Taylor, Alexander ^a   Blackmore, Sally ^a   Tsirkas, Panos ^a   Magos, Adam ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Myomectomy; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; POLYGLACTIN 910; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOURNIQUETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 27544433100     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20144     Document Type: Article

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