The laparoscopic-assisted vaginal approach to early endometrial cancer

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Mueller, Florian ^a   Czaja, N ^a   Ulrich, U ^a  

^a Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Laparoscopic pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy; Laparoscopic staging; Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PELVIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956468987     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1416-2     Document Type: Review

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