The Effect of Laparoscopic Guidance on Gynecologic Interstitial Brachytherapy

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-546

  Engle, David B ^a   Bradley, Kristin A ^a   Chappell, Rick J ^a   Conner, Joseph P ^a   Hartenbach, Ellen M ^a   Kushner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic malignancies; Interstitial brachytherapy; Laparoscopic assisted interstitial brachytherapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE NECROSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49649114555     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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