Laparoscopic Surgery for Endometrial Cancer: A Review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-579

  Hauspy, Jan ^a   Jiménez, Waldo ^b   Rosen, Barry ^c   Gotlieb, Walter H ^d   Fung Kee Fung, Michael ^e   Plante, Marie ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Cost; Endometrial cancer; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77957268227     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34526-1     Document Type: Article

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