Transvaginal hysterectomy: Rationale and surgical approach

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1321-1325

  Kovac, S Robert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UTERUS; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL;

EID: 3042624315     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000124570.95087.84     Document Type: Review

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