Risk of pelvic organ fistula in patients undergoing hysterectomy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-407

  Forsgren, Catharina ^a,b   Altman, Daniel ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hysterectomy; incidence; pelvic organ fistula; risk factor

Indexed keywords

BLADDER INJURY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DIVERTICULITIS; FISTULA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URETER INJURY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RISK FACTORS; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 77956444350     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32833e49b0     Document Type: Review

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