Laparoscopic Uterine Vessel Occlusion in the Treatment of Women with Symptomatic Uterine Myomas with and without Adding Laparoscopic Myomectomy: 4-Year Results

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 712-718

  Wang, Peng Hui ^a   Liu, Wei Min ^b   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Chao, Hsiang Tai ^a   Chao, Kuan Chong ^a   Yuan, Chiou Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic myomectomy; Laparoscopic uterine vessel occlusion; Myoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54349114245     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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