Randomised controlled trial of LigaSure versus conventional suture ligature for abdominal hysterectomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 968-970

  Hagen, Bjørn ^a   Eriksson, Nils ^a   Sundset, Marit ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MYOMA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 21244481298     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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