Vaginal route as the norm when planning hysterectomy for benign conditions: Change in practice

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 613-616

  Varma, Rajiv ^a   Tahseen, Sameena ^a   Lokugamage, Amali U ^b   Kunde, Dattakumar ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035081377     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01232-1     Document Type: Article

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