Iatrogenic ureteric injury: Common medicolegal pitfalls

BJU International

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-317

  Preston, J M ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETER DISEASE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URETER; UROLOGY;

EID: 0033868699     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00100.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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