A randomized, controlled study comparing minilaparotomy versus isobaric gasless laparoscopic assisted minilaparotomy myomectomy for removal of large uterine myomas: Short-term outcomes

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Tan, Jie ^a   Sun, Yangyan ^a   Zhong, Baoliang ^b   Dai, Huihua ^c   Wang, Daoyuan ^a,d  

^a Medical School of Southeast   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Isobaric gasless laparoscopy; Laparoscopic assisted minilaparotomy; Minilaparotomy; Myomectomy; Uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOBARIC LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED MINILAPAROTOMY MYOMECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINILAPAROTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 67649756873     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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