Laparoscopic coagulation of uterine myomas with the use of a unipolar electrode

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Szydłowska, Iwona ^a   Starczewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Laparoscopy; Treatment; Uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247549381     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318030caa6     Document Type: Article

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