Should the myometrial free margin still be considered a limiting factor for hysteroscopic resection of submucous fibroids? A possible answer to an old question

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Casadio, Paolo ^a   Youssef, Aly M ^a   Spagnolo, Emanuela ^a   Rizzo, Maria Antonietta ^a   Talamo, Maria Rita ^a   De Angelis, Denise ^a   Marra, Elena ^a   Ghi, Tullio ^a   Savelli, Luca ^a   Farina, Antonio ^a   Pelusi, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzon, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Endoscopic Gynecologic Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

hysteroscopy; myomectomy; myometrial free margin; Submucous fibroids; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPIC RESECTION; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCUS FIBROID TYPE 2; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 79952990578     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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