New techniques in radical hysterectomy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Zakashansky, Konstantin ^a   Bradley, William H ^a   Nezhat, Farr R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Laparoscopy; Radical hysterectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC LYMPHADENECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE SPARING RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY TECHNIQUE; OPEN ABDOMINAL RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE BLADDER MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RADICAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH LAPAROSCOPIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; REVIEW; ROBOTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINAL RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADNEXA UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; ROBOTICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38149133845     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3282f2288a     Document Type: Review

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