Vaginal hysterectomy in generally considered contraindications to vaginal surgery

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-109

  Paparella, Pierluigi ^a,b   Sizzi, Ornella ^a   Rossetti, Alfonso ^a   De Benedittis, Franco ^a   Paparella, Raffaele ^a  

^a Div of Gynecologic Endocrinology   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopy; Large uterus; Vaginal hysterectomy; Vaginal oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 4444237968     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0505-x     Document Type: Article

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