Comparison between bisection/morcellation and myometrial coring for reducing large uteri during vaginal hysterectomy or laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy: Results of a randomized prospective study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1037-1042

  Nazah, Intissar ^a   Robin, François ^a   Jais, Jean Philippe ^b   Jeffry, Louis ^a   Lelievre, Loic ^a   Camatte, Sophie ^a   Taurelle, Roland ^a   Lecuru, Fabrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Bisection morcellation; Enlarged uterus; Myometrial coring; randomized; Vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 0142178079     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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