Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 862-868 , March 2009

Surgical management of uterine fibroids in Hesse, Germany, between 1998 and 2004

  • Andreas Hackethal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andreas Hackethal, M.D., Universitätsfrauenklinik Giessen, Klinikstrasse 32, 35392 Giessen, Germany (FAX: +49-641-9945259).
    • ,
  • Dörthe Brüggmann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    • ,
  • Anne Leis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    • ,
  • Swapnil Langde, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    • Galaxy Laparoscopy Institute, Pune, India
    • ,
  • Rosi Stillger, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Quality Assurance, Hesse, Germany
    • ,
  • Karsten Münstedt, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Received 23 August 2007 ,Revised 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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 A.K. has nothing to disclose. D.B. has nothing to disclose. A.L. has nothing to disclose. S.L. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. K.M. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04198-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.016

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