Laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-328

  Scioscia, Marco ^a,b   Molon, Angelo ^a   Grosso, Gaetano ^c   Minelli, Luca ^a  

^a Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c PEDERZOLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder surgery; Laparoscopy; Severe endometriosis; Ureteral endometriosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URETEROSTOMY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 68949190849     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832e0798     Document Type: Review

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