Endometriosis of the round ligament of the uterus

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Crispi, Claudio P ^a   De Souza, Caroline Alexandra Pereira ^a,b   Oliveira, Marco Aurelio P ^a,c   Dibi, Raquel P ^a,d   Cardeman, Leon ^a,d   Sato, Helio ^b   Schor, Eduardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep infiltrating endometriosis; Round ligament of the uterus; Surgical treatment of endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUND LIGAMENT OF UTERUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE DEVIATION; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROUND LIGAMENT;

EID: 84455178986     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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