Prevention of vaginal shortening following radical hysterectomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 841-845

  Yamamoto, Ritsu ^a   Okamoto, Kazuhira ^a   Ebina, Yasuhiko ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034044765     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11080.x     Document Type: Article

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