Single-incision laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy: Operative outcomes and its learning curve

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-871

  Koyanagi, Takahiro ^a   Motomura, Satoru ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy; Learning curve; Minimally invasive surgery; Single incision laparoscopic surgery; Uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 79960207226     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.282     Document Type: Article

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