Laparoscopy or laparotomy for endometrial cancer? A review of three prospective randomised trials

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Carter, Jonathan R ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; laparoscopy; laparotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANALGESIA; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BODY IMAGE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILEUS; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80054023227     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01306.x     Document Type: Review

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