Diagnosis, management, and long-term outcomes of rectovaginal endometriosis

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 753-763

  Moawad, Nash S ^a   Caplin, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel resection; Dyspareunia; Endometriosis; Pelvic pain; Rectovaginal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIC PAIN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; RETROVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPLER; SURGICAL STAPLING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887326060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S37846     Document Type: Review

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