Unidirectional barbed suture versus continuous suture with intracorporeal knots in laparoscopic myomectomy: A randomized study

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-729

  Alessandri, Franco ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a   Venturini, Pier Luigi ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barbed suture; Laparoscopic myomectomy; Laparoscopy; Myoma; Myomectomy; Suture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650697962     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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