Surgical treatment of ovarian endometriomas: State of the art?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 556-563

  Jadoul, Pascale ^a   Kitajima, Michio ^b   Donnez, Olivier ^a   Squifflet, Jean ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; endometrioma; laser ablation; ovarian reserve; pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE FERTILITY; FENESTRATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME; VAPORIZATION;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY;

EID: 84865686361     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.023     Document Type: Review

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