Ureteral complications from laparoscopic hysterectomy indicated for benign uterine pathologies: A 13-year experience in a continuous series of 1300 patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2006-2011

  Léonard, Franck ^a   Fotso, Adolphe ^a   Borghese, Bruno ^a   Chopin, Nicolas ^a   Foulot, Hervé ^a   Chapron, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Complications; Hysterectomy; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Operative laparoscopy; Ureteral injuries

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYST; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM FISTULA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URETER FISTULA; URETER INJURY; URETER SURGERY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

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EID: 34447296193     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem111     Document Type: Article

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