A prospective observational study of the safety and acceptability of vaginal hysterectomy performed in a 24-hour day case surgery setting

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Penketh, R ^a   Griffiths, A ^a,c   Chawathe, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mariss House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day case surgery; Hysterectomy; Salpingoophorectomy; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33847774127     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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