Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 1090-1096 , August 2010

New tool (Laparotenser) for gasless laparoscopic myomectomy: a multicenter-controlled study

  • Stefano Palomba, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia,” Catanzaro, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stefano Palomba, M.D., Via T. Campanella 182/1, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (FAX: 39-961-728329).
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  • Errico Zupi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy
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  • Angela Falbo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia,” Catanzaro, Italy
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  • Tiziana Russo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia,” Catanzaro, Italy
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  • Daniela Marconi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy
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  • Fulvio Zullo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University “Magna Graecia,” Catanzaro, Italy

Received 23 February 2009 ,Revised 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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 S.P. has nothing to disclose. E.Z. has nothing to disclose. A.F. has nothing to disclose. T.R. has nothing to disclose. D.M. has nothing to disclose. F.Z. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00877-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.030

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