Early complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 559-567

  Harris, Wesley J ^a   Daniell, James F ^b  

^a Bristol Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; CELLULITIS; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0029744407     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199609000-00023     Document Type: Review

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