Route of hysterectomy influence and teaching hospital status

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Tu, Frank F ^a   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^a   Senapati, Sangeeta ^a   Gordon, Trent E J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; ILLINOIS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67651027880     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181aa9597     Document Type: Article

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