Overview of current surgical management of fibroids: 'Organ-preserving modalities'

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-31

  Elahi, S M ^a   Odejinmi, F ^b  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimal access surgery; Myoma; UAE; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGING; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38949154590     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701814328     Document Type: Review

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