Gynaecological surgery from art and craft to science?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-123

  Johnson, Neil Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cochrane; Evidence based; Gynaecological surgery; Randomised controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67949111208     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00978.x     Document Type: Review

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