Short-term advantages of laparoscopic uterine vessel occlusion in the management of women with symptomatic myoma

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 539-544

  Wang, Kuan Chin ^a   Chang, Wen Hsun ^b,c   Liu, Wei Min ^d,e   Yen, Yuan Kuei ^d,e   Huang, Nicole ^c   Wang, Peng Hui ^b,c  

^a ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic myomectomy; Laparoscopic uterine vessel occlusion; Myoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC UTERINE VESSEL OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MORBIDITY; MYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; UTERUS SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871712144     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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