Gynaecological laparoscopy: 'See and treat' should be the gold standard

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Ball, Elizabeth ^a,c   Koh, Charles ^a   Janik, Grace ^a   Davis, Colin ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Reproductive Specialty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

'See and treat'; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Endometriosis; Operative laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BENIGN TUMOR; BLOATING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOLD STANDARD; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 58149234337     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32830002bb     Document Type: Review

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