Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis in Private Practice: Cohort Study with Mean Follow-up of 3 Years

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Roman, Jose Daniel ^a  

^a Braemar Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Laparoscopic treatment; New Zealand; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649140284     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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