Lower urinary tract injuries diagnosed after hysterectomy: Seven-year experience at a cancer hospital

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-325

  Lim, Myong Cheol ^a,b   Lee, Bo Yon ^b   Lee, Dong Ock ^a   Joung, Jae Young ^a   Kang, Sokbom ^a   Seo, Sang Soo ^a   Chung, Jinsoo ^a   Park, Sang Yoon ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder injury; Complications; Hysterectomy; Laparoscopy; Ureteral injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER INJURY; CAUTERIZATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 77950222689     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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