Costs and effects of abdominal versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: Systematic review of controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bijen, Claudia B M ^a   Vermeulen, Karin M ^a   Mourits, Marian J E ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMEN; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350012307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007340     Document Type: Review

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