Comparison of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy, total abdominal hysterectomy and vaginal hysterectomy

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  McCracken, Geoff ^a,e   Hunter, David ^b   Morgan, David ^c   Price, John H ^d  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31644441160     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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