A three-dimensional morphological reconstruction of uterine leiomyoma pseudocapsule vasculature by the Allen-Cahn mathematical model

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Malvasi, Antonio ^a   Tinelli, Andrea ^b   Rahimi, Siavash ^c   D'Agnese, Giampaolo ^c   Rotoni, Cristiana ^c   Dell'Edera, Domenico ^d   Tsin, Daniel A ^e   Cavallotti, Carlo ^f  

^a Santa Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^d MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Fibroid; Hysterectomy; Intraoperative complications; Laparoscopy; Myoma pseudocapsule; Myomectomy; Neurovascular bundle; Postoperative compliance; Surgical outcome; Three dimensional reconstruction; Uterine myoma; Uterine rupture; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOMA; MYOMETRIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960939126     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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