Effectiveness of vaginal hysterectomy for benign conditions in semi-urban hospital: Report from Maroua-Cameroon

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Tebeu, P M ^a,b   Fomulu, J N ^c   Nana Njotang, P ^c   Petignat, P ^d   Tcheliebou, J M ^b   Kouam, L ^c   Doh, A S ^c  

^a Ligue d'Initiative et de Recherche Active Pour la Santé et l'Education de la Femme LIRASEF   (Cameroon)

^b Provincial Hospital   (Cameroon)

^c University Hospitals   (Cameroon)

^d University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAMEROON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROCELE; LAPAROTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OVARY CYST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 70349336411     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.080327     Document Type: Article

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