Preoperative treatment with letrozole in patients undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy of large uterine myomas: A prospective non-randomized study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-162

  Leone Roberti Maggiore, Umberto ^a   Scala, Carolina ^a   Venturini, Pier Luigi ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Laparoscopy; Letrozole; Myomas; Myomectomy

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NITRILE; NORETHISTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; MYALGIA; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL DRYNESS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CICATRIX; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NITRILES; NORETHINDRONE; OPERATIVE TIME; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRIAZOLES; TUMOR BURDEN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84908006101     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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