Surgical interruption of pelvic nerve pathways for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Proctor, Michelle ^a   Latthe, Pallavi ^b   Farquhar, Cindy ^c   Khan, Khalid ^b   Johnson, Neil ^c  

^a Psychological Service   (New Zealand)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENERVATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UTERUS;

ADULT; DENERVATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; UTERUS;

EID: 33644875977     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001896.pub2     Document Type: Review

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