Is myomectomy in women aged 45 years and older an effective option?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-60

  Kim, Da Hee ^a   Kim, Mi La ^a   Song, Taejong ^a   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^a   Yoon, Bo Sung ^a   Seong, Seok Ju ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Myomectomy; Recurrence rate; Reoperation rate

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84901243337     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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