Urological complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy: A four-year review at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Siow, Anthony ^a   Nikam, Y A ^a   Ng, C ^a   Su, B M C ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bladder injuries; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Ureteric injuries; Urological complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CAUTERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URETER INJURY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; BLADDER; HOSPITAL; HYSTERECTOMY; INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; URETER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947546306     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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