Bowel perforation caused by an endoscopic stapler used during laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 504-506

  Abularach, Silvia M ^a   Ashai, Shaukat ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Intestinal perforation; Laparoscopic surgical procedures; Surgical staples; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STAPLER; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL STAPLERS;

EID: 0033922989     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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