The value of two-step operative laparoscopy with interval pituitary suppression in the treatment of infertility caused by severe endometriosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-307

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

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues; Infertility; Second look laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

NAFARELIN;

CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447552513     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328216f642     Document Type: Review

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