Post-caesarean incisional hernia or scar endometrioma?

Surgeon

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-56

  Rao, R ^a,b   Devalia, H ^a   Zaidi, A ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarian section; Endometrioma; Scar nodule

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 32044447921     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(06)80022-3     Document Type: Article

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