New techniques using the ultrasonic scalpel in laparoscopic hysterectomy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-305

  Kauko, Minna ^a  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PELVIS FLOOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALPEL; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031824320     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199808000-00004     Document Type: Review

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