Comparison of the efficacy of the pulsed bipolar system and conventional bipolar electrosurgery in laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-364

  Wang, Chin Jung ^a,b   Yuen, Leung To ^a   Yen, Chih Feng ^a   Lee, Chyi Long ^a,b   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENTIONAL BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED BIPOLAR SYSTEM; SAFETY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944505174     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2005.15.361     Document Type: Article

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