Reducing blood loss at open myomectomy using triple tourniquets: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 340-345

  Taylor, A ^a   Sharma, M ^a   Tsirkas, P ^a   Di Spiezio Sardo, A ^a   Setchell, M ^b   Magos, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TOURNIQUET; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOURNIQUETS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 14644394253     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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