Advances in surgical management of cervical cancer

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-237

  Ercoli, A ^a   Iannone, V ^a   Legge, F ^a   Fagotti, A ^b   Fanfani, F ^b   Carone, V ^a   D'Asta, M ^a   Scambia, G ^a   Ferrandina, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Hysterectomy; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; CRANIAL NERVE; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FISTULA; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; ROBOTICS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67849100917     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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