Does the cardinal ligament of the uterus contain a nerve that should be preserved in radical hysterectomy?

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-121

  Murakami, Gen ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardinal Ligament; Pelvic Anatomy; Radical Hysterectomy; Topographical Relationship; Uterosacral Ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; CADAVER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; NEUROANATOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; UTERUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INJURY; INNERVATION; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AXOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIGAMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UTERUS;

EID: 0041803181     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00482.x     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

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