Is incidental appendectomy necessary in women with ovarian endometrioma?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Wie, He Jong ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^a   Kyung, Min Sun ^a   Jung, Un Suk ^a   Choi, Joong Sub ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049165201     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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