Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Presacral Neurectomy: Feasibility, Techniques, and Operative Outcomes

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 508-512

  Nezhat, Ceana ^a   Morozov, Vadim ^a  

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

Author keywords

Central pelvic pain; da Vinci; Dysmenorrhea; Dyspareunia; Endometriosis; Presacral neurectomy; Robot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC PRESACRAL NEURECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NERVE FIBER; NEURECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OVARY CYST; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOT ASSISTED PRESACRAL NEURECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953599591     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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