The Laparoscopic Myomectomy: A Survey of Canadian Gynaecologists

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-148

  Liu, Grace ^a   Zolis, Lynne ^a   Kung, Rose ^a   Melchior, Mary ^b   Singh, Sukhbir ^b   Francis Cook, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Laparoscopic; Myomectomy; Surgery; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CANADIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; OBSTETRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UTERUS RUPTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951909959     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34428-0     Document Type: Article

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