The role of laparoscopic myomectomy in the management of uterine fibroids

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-277

  Sami Walid, Mohammad ^a   Heaton, Richard L ^a  

^a Heart of Georgia Women's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

laparoscopic myomectomy; minimally invasive surgery; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; COLPOTOMY; COST; FEVER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCISION; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SKILL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; WOUND COMPLICATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960839703     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328348a245     Document Type: Review

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