Cost analysis of laparoscopy versus laparotomy for early endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 460-463

  Scribner Jr , Dennis R ^a   Mannel, Robert S ^a   Walker, Joan L ^a   Johnson, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0345439968     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5606     Document Type: Article

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