Impact of diagnostic laparoscopy on the management of chronic pelvic pain

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 916-919

  Kang, S B ^a   Chung, H H ^a   Lee, H P ^a   Lee, J Y ^a   Chang, Y S ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Endometriosis; Management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEL HERNIATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; PELVIS; PELVIS CONGESTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447333142     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9047-1     Document Type: Article

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