Ultra-minilaparotomy myomectomy: A minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of large uterine myomas

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Ciavattini, Andrea ^a   Tsiroglou, Dimitrios ^a   Litta, Pietro ^b   Frizzo, Helga ^a   Tranquilli, Andrea Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Myoma; Myomectomy; Ultra minilaparotomy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR VOLUME; URETER INJURY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649836790     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227764     Document Type: Article

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