Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis, and the Role of the Gynecologist

Pediatric, Adolescent, & Young Adult Gynecology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 174-193

  Nezhat, Farr R ^a   Shamshirsaz, Alireza A ^b   Yildirim, Gazi ^c   Nezhat, Ceana ^d   Nezhat, Camran ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Atlanta Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery and Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced operative laparoscopy; Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); Chronic pelvic pain (CPP); Diagnostic laparoscopy; Endometriosis; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Foley catheter; Peritoneal endometriosis; Sampson's theory of retrograde menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949915182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311662.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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