An economic evaluation of laparoscopy and open surgery in the treatment of tubal pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-600

  Mol, Ben W J ^a   Hajenius, Petra J ^a   Engelsbel, Simone ^b   Ankum, Willem M ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Hemrika, Douwe J ^b   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative surgery; Economic evaluation; Laparoscopy; Open surgery; Radical surgery; Tubal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030961330     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709024591     Document Type: Article

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