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Uterine transposition after radical trachelectomy

Diego Odetto¹, Jose Martin Saadi², Carolina Beatriz Chacon³

¹Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina diego.odetto@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer : Official Journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society

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gynecologic surgical procedures laparoscopes radiotherapy surgical oncology uterine cervical neoplasms

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