What is the value of preoperative bimanual pelvic examination in women undergoing laparoscopic total hysterectomy?

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-338

  Condous, George ^a,b   Van Calster, Ben ^c   Van Huffel, Sabine ^c   Lam, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bimanual examination; Estimated blood loss; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Operating time; Uterine size weight

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS; UTERUS SURGERY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 34247525066     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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