Laparoscopic versus abdominal approach to endometrial cancer: A 10-year retrospective multicenter analysis

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-433

  Palomba, Stefano ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^b   Falbo, Angela ^a   Mandato, Vincenzo Dario ^c   Annunziata, Gianluca ^d   Lucia, Emilio ^e   Cromi, Antonella ^b   Abrate, Martino ^c   La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^c   Giorda, Giorgio ^e   Zullo, Fulvio ^d   Franchi, Massimo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Cancer Center of Excellence Tommaso Campanella of Germaneto   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Surgery; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858259172     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318244248c     Document Type: Article

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