Vaginal hysterectomy as a primary route for morbidly obese women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 971-974

  Sheth, Shirish S ^a,b  

^a Breach Candy ^*  (India)

^b Navjivan Society   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal hysterectomy; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; HYSTEROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954206334     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016341003681256     Document Type: Article

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