Vaginal route: A gynaecological route for much more than hysterectomy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-132

  Sheth, Shirish S ^a   Paghdiwalla, Kurush P ^b   Hajari, Anju R ^c  

^a Breach Candy Bhatia and St Elizabeth's Hospitals   (India)

^b BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Dr BAM Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

'gynec' malignancy; alternate route; fistula; posterior cul de sac; ureters vaginally; vaginal hysterectomy; vaginal route; vaginal surgeons

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

CULDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; OVARIECTOMY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; URETER; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 79952697543     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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