American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 2 , Pages 144.e1-144.e8 , February 2010

Comparing uterine fibroids treated by myomectomy through traditional laparotomy and 2 modified approaches: ultraminilaparotomy and laparoscopically assisted ultraminilaparotomy

  • Kuo-Chang Wen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Ilan, and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chutung Veterans General Hospital, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
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  • Yi-Jen Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Ilan, and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pi-Lin Sung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chia-Yi Veterans General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Peng-Hui Wang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Ilan, and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Peng-Hui Wang, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan

Received 1 May 2009 ,Revised 15 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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 The first 3 authors contributed equally to this article.

 This work was supported in part by Grants from Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V97ED1-008, V98F-009, V98C1-044) and the National Science Council (NSC 96-2314-B-010-018-MY3), Taipei, Taiwan.

 Cite this article as: Wen K-C, Chen Y-J, Sung P-L, et al. Comparing uterine fibroids treated by myomectomy through traditional laparotomy and 2 modified approaches: ultraminilaparotomy and laparoscopically assisted ultraminilaparotomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:144.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)02088-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.872

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 2 , Pages 144.e1-144.e8 , February 2010

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