The role of vaginal hysterectomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202.e1-202.e7

  Smith, Susan M ^a   Hoffman, Mitchel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; medically compromised; vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 34547566576     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.04.046     Document Type: Article

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