Hysterectomy on benign indications in Sweden 1987-2003: A nationwide trend analysis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Forsgren, Catharina ^b   Johansson, Anna L V ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Altman, Daniel ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benign; Hysterectomy; Rate; Trend

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 59249085685     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802596017     Document Type: Article

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