Relative morbidity of abdominal myomectomy for very large uterine fibroids in a developing country hospital

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Oladapo, Olufemi T ^a   Akinsanya, Akinwunmi F ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Leiomyoma; Low resource setting; Myoma; Myomectomy; Operative morbidity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MYOMECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; NIGERIA; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS MYOMA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955933049     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1460-y     Document Type: Article

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