Recovery from gynaecological day surgery: Are we underestimating the process

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 114-121

  Cox, Helen ^a,c   O'Connell, Beverly ^b,c  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Day surgery; Laparoscopy; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; NURSE; PAIN; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0345686514     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(03)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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