Panniculectomy in gynecologic cancer surgical procedures by using a harmonic scalpel

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 690-694

  Olejek, Anita ^a   Manka, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gynecologic oncological surgery; Panniculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PANNICULECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21444432890     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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