Is a bowel resection necessary for deep endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement?

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 449-455

  Acién, Pedro ^a,b,c   Núñez, Clara ^a   Quereda, Francisco ^a,b,c   Velasco, Irene ^a   Valiente, Marta ^a   Vidal, Virginia ^a  

^a San Juan University Hospital

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Institute of Gynaecology PAA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bowel resection; Colorectal; Deep infiltrating endometriosis; Endometriosis; Rectovaginal septum

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RECTOVAGINAL DISEASE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINA DISEASE; WELLBEING;

EID: 84880925866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S46519     Document Type: Article

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