Giant uterine leiomyomas: Dilemmas in surgical management

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-40

  Panayotidis, Costas ^a   Salleh, Suhaiza ^a   Martin, Jose E ^a   Hirsh, Peter ^a   Wynn, John ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant uterine leiomyomas; GnRH; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Uterine artery embolisation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; MYOMECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 33645746263     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-005-0149-x     Document Type: Article

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