The future of hysterectomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Garry, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; OVARIECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 13244249675     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00431.x     Document Type: Review

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