Is laparoscopic hysterectomy bad for the brain?

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Salonen, Markku ^a   Mäkinen, Juha ^a   Saraste, Markku ^a   Parkkola, Riitta ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embolization; Hysterectomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0032804180     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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