The role of magnetic resonance imaging in minimal access surgery

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Byrne, Hugh ^a,b   Ball, Elizabeth ^a   Davis, Colin ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometriosis; Fibroids; Laparoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADHESION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADHESIONS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745660573     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000233928.19522.f0     Document Type: Review

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