Laparoscopy versus minilaparotomy in women with symptomatic uterine myomas: Short-term and fertility results

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2368-2373

  Malzoni, Mario ^a   Tinelli, Raffaele ^a   Cosentino, Francesco ^a   Iuzzolino, Domenico ^a   Surico, Daniela ^b   Reich, Harry ^c  

^a Malzoni Medical Center   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carità   (Italy)

^c Wilkes Barre General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Laparoscopy; Minilaparotomy; Myomectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINILAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS MYOMA; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERUS CANCER;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952555049     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.127     Document Type: Article

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