Is laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy associated with low operative morbidity?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Yuen, Pong Mo ^a   Rogers, Michael S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0029921713     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1996.tb02920.x     Document Type: Article

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