A three year review on surgical treatment of tubo-ovarian abscess

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 292-297

  Goh, W C ^a   Beh, S T ^a   Chern, B ^a   Yap, L K ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic treatment; Laparotomy; Tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALAYSIA; MORBIDITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVARIAN DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036762057     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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