Minimally Invasive Staging of Endometrial Cancer Is Feasible and Safe in Elderly Women

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-204

  Frey, Melissa K ^a   Ihnow, Stephanie B ^a   Worley, Michael J ^a   Heyman, Katherine P ^a   Kessler, Robin ^a   Slomovitz, Brian M ^b   Holcomb, Kevin M ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endometrial cancer; Hysterectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951868530     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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