Surgical approach of tubo-ovarian abscesses from theory to our minimally invasive practice

Background: Tubo-ovarian abscesses are entities of infectious etiology, mostly as a result of pelvic inflammatory disease. Over the past decades we verified that the treatment is lifesaving and the approach can be, and should be, minimally invasive. The advent of antibiotics, its parenteral combined...

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Main Authors: Fatima Silva, Joana Silva, Ilda Rocha, Teresa Brito, Elisa Paredes, Graça Ramalho, Francisco Valente, Angelina Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-08-01
Series:Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213307015000556