Does obesity affect the vaginal hysterectomy outcomes?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 795-798

  Harmanli, Ozgur H ^a   Dandolu, Vani ^b   Isik, Ebru F ^b   Panganamamula, Uma R ^b   Lidicker, Jeffrey ^c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Complication; Hysterectomy; Morbidity; Obesity; Uterine fibroids; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955934068     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1422-4     Document Type: Article

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