Surgical approach to hysterectomy: Abdominal, laparoscopy-assisted, or vaginal

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 886-894

  Rodney Meeks, G ^a,b   Harris, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OVARIECTOMY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 0344404141     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199712000-00024     Document Type: Review

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