Radical trachelectomy for cervical cancer: Postoperative physical andemotional adjustment concerns

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Carter, Jeanne ^a   Sonoda, Yukio ^a   Chi, Dennis S ^a   Raviv, Leigh ^a   Abu Rustum, Nadeem R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neo cervix; Postoperative adjustment; Stenosis; Trachelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LONG TERM CARE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICAL TRACHELECTOMY; SCAR FORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SPOTTING; STENOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52049100805     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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