Loop electrosurgical excision procedures in Israel

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-89

  Siegler, Efraim ^a,b   Bornstein, Jacob ^b,c,d  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Israeli Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Cervical cytology; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Colposcopy; Loop electrosurgical excision procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STENOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX STENOSIS; VAGINAL INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052718434     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329324     Document Type: Review

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