Robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy compared with standard laparoscopic myomectomy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-291

  Gargiulo, Antonio R ^a   Srouji, Serene S ^a   Missmer, Stacey A ^a   Correia, Katharine F ^b   Vellinga, Thomas ^b   Einarsson, Jon I ^b  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864211657     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182602c7d     Document Type: Article

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