Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1407-1411 , November 2004

Transient abdominal ovariopexy for adhesion prevention in patients who underwent surgery for severe pelvic endometriosis

  • Jonathan Ouahba, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard
    • ,
  • Patrick Madelenat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard
    • ,
  • Christophe Poncelet, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard
    • Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Verdier
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christophe Poncelet, M.D., Ph.D., Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Verdier, Avenue du 14 Juillet, 93 143 Bondy, France (FAX: 00-33-1-48-02-67-73

Received 11 December 2003 ,Revised 15 March 2004 ,Accepted 15 March 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)02229-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.060

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1407-1411 , November 2004

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