Laparoscopic repair of high rectovaginal fistula: Is it technically feasible?

BMC Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kumaran, Saravanan S ^a   Palanivelu, Chinnusamy ^a   Kavalakat, Alfie J ^a   Parthasarathi, Ramakrishnan ^a   Neelayathatchi, Murugayyan ^a  

^a GEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 27644576579     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-5-20     Document Type: Article

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