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Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Gynecology, Tours University Hospital, Tours, France; INSERM U1069 Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France. Electronic address: l.ouldamer@chu-tours.fr.
• ² Department of Gynecologic and Oncologic Surgery and Obstetrics, Lyon Sud University Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, France.
• ³ Department of Gynecologic and Breast Surgery and Oncology, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière, University Hospital, Paris, France.
• ⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Nord, APHM, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), Univ Avignon, CNRS, IRD, IMBE UMR 7263, 13397, Marseille, France.
• ⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Lariboisiere Hospital, 750019 Paris, France.
• ⁶ Department of Gynecologic surgery, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, CHRU LILLE, Rue Eugene Avinée 59037 Lille Cedex, France.
• ⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU de Reims, Reims, France.
• ⁸ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
• ⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
• ¹⁰ Department of Gynecology, Rennes University Hospital, France; INSERM 1242, COSS, Rennes. Université de Rennes 1. France.
• ¹¹ Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Limoges, 8 avenue Dominique Larrey, 87042, Limoges, France.