Robotic-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy compared with standard laparoscopic myomectomy-a retrospective matched control study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 556-559

  Nezhat, Camran ^a   Lavie, Ofer ^b   Hsu, Senzan ^a   Watson, James ^c   Barnett, Ofra ^b   Lemyre, Madeleine ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

da Vinci robotics; laparoscopic myomectomy; minimally invasive surgery; Robotic assisted myomectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249107649     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.092     Document Type: Article

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