Comparability of perioperative morbidity between abdominal myomectomy and hysterectomy for women with uterine leiomyomas

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1448-1455

  Sawin, Stephen W ^a   Pilevsky, Nicole D ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^b   Barnhart, Kurt T ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Morbidity; Myomectomy; Uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0034519529     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.107730     Document Type: Article

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