Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy for benign uterine pathologies: Could this be the first-line treatment?

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 361-364

  Simsek, Tayup ^a,b   Karakus, Cemil ^a   Karaveli, Seyda ^a   Trak, Bilal ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yildiz   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Laparoscopy; Uterine pathologies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OVARY CYST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0035685660     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.2001.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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