The treatment of rectal endometriosis and the role of laparoscopic surgery

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Haggag, Hisham ^a,b   Solomayer, Erich ^a   Juhasz Böss, Ingolf ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

complications of laparoscopy; laparoscopic surgery; quality of life; rectal endometriosis; rectal resection

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BLADDER INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC BLADDER; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEAT GLAND TUMOR; TENESMUS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; UTERUS PERFORATION; VAGINA DISEASE;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 79960834103     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328348a25b     Document Type: Review

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