The prevalence of occult leiomyosarcoma at surgery for presumed uterine fibroids: a meta-analysis

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 165-177

  Pritts, Elizabeth A ^a   Vanness, David J ^b   Berek, Jonathan S ^c   Parker, William ^d   Feinberg, Ronald ^e   Feinberg, Jacqueline ^e   Olive, David L ^a  

^a Wisconsin Fertility Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Incidental malignancy; Leiomyosarcoma; Prevalence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; META ANALYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 84938976088     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-015-0894-4     Document Type: Review

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