Hysterectomies performed for presumed leiomyomas: Should the fear of leiomyosarcoma make us apprehend non laparotomic surgical routes?;Hystérectomies pour léiomyomes présumés : la crainte du léiomyosarcome doit-elle faire appréhender la voie d'abord chirurgicale autre que laparotomique ?

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Leung, F ^a   Terzibachian, J J ^b   Gay, C ^b   Chung Fat, B ^a   Aouar, Z ^a   Lassabe, C ^b   Maillet, R ^a   Riethmuller, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^b center hospitalier de Belfort Montbéliard   (France)

Author keywords

Leiomyomas; Leiomyosarcoma; Surgical routes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 61549119130     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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