The surgical treatment of fibroids for infertility

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Olive, David L ^a,b  

^a Wisconsin Fertility Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; myomectomy; uterine fibroid

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL MYOMECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAMURAL MYOMA; LAPAROTOMY; META ANALYSIS; MYOLYSIS; MYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICERVICAL TOURNIQUET; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOURNIQUET; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY TRACT INJURY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL MYOMECTOMY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953218072     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272473     Document Type: Article

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