Three methods for hysterectomy: A randomised, prospective study of short term outcome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1380-1385

  Consultant, Christian Ottosen ^a   Lingman, Göran ^a   Ottosen, Lena ^a  

^a Hospital of Helsingborg   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033652861     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11652.x     Document Type: Article

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