Complications of laparoscopy: A prospective multicentre observational study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Jansen, Frank Willem ^a   Kapiteyn, Kitty ^a   Trimbos Kemper, Trudy ^a   Hermans, Jo ^a   Trimbos, J Baptist ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN INJURY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031003239     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11539.x     Document Type: Article

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