Persistent posttrachelectomy cervical stenosis treated with Petit-Le Four pessary in early cervical cancer patients: a report of two cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1677.e5-1677.e7

  Palaia, Innocenza ^a   Perniola, Giorgia ^a   Arrivi, Cristiana ^a   Sansone, Milena ^a   Pastore, Maria ^a   Calcagno, Marco ^a   Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical stenosis; early cervical cancer; Petit Le Four pessary; Vaginal trachelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL STENOSIS; CERVICECTOMY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PETIT LE FOUR PESSARY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA PESSARY;

EID: 36749061438     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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