Identifying the indications for laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy: A prospective, randomised comparison with abdominal hysterectomy in patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 620-625

  Ferrari, Maria Maddalena ^a   Berlanda, Nicola ^a   Mezzopane, Raffaella ^a   Ragusa, Guglielmo ^a   Cavallo, Michela ^a   Pardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034096163     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13303.x     Document Type: Article

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