Complications and recovery from laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy compared with abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-311

  Meikle, Susan F ^a   Nugent, Elizabeth Weston ^a   Orleans, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; BLADDER INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031081270     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00315-8     Document Type: Review

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