Nationwide use of laparoscopic hysterectomy compared with abdominal and vaginal approaches

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1041-1048

  Jacoby, Vanessa L ^a   Autry, Amy ^a   Jacobson, Gavin ^a   Domush, Robert ^a   Nakagawa, Sanae ^a   Jacoby, Alison ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 73549099794     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b9d222     Document Type: Article

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