Early physician experience with laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy and rates of surgical complications and conversion to laparotomy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1008-1012

  Visco, Anthony G ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^a   Myers, Evan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Conversion to laparotomy; Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy; Learning curve; Physician experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036793558     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126642     Document Type: Article

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