Post-operative abdominal adhesions - Awareness of UK gynaecologists - A survey of members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-37

  Trew, Geoffrey ^a,b   Cooke, Ian ^c   Lower, Adrian ^d   McVeigh, Enda ^e  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Gynaecology; Surgery; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952111984     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-008-0409-7     Document Type: Article

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