Morbidity of vaginal hysterectomy for benign tumors as a function of uterine weight

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Deval, Bruno ^b   Rafii, Arash ^b   Soriano, David ^b   Samain, Emmanuel ^b   Levardon, Michel ^b   Daraï, Emile ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hysterectomy, vaginal; Uterine diseases; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARITY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS TUMOR; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0037973324     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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