Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: A new option for removal of the large myomatous uterus

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-284

  O'Shea, Robert T ^a,b   Cook, Jennifer R ^a   Seman, Elvis I ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 0036669087     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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