The use of large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) in an outpatient setting

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 338-346

  Powell, Beverley ^a,b  

^a LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0029774253     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1996.tb02725.x     Document Type: Article

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