An audit of indications and complications associated with elective hysterectomy at a public service hospital in South Africa

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-116

  Butt, Jennifer L ^a   Jeffery, Stephen T ^a   Van Der Spuy, Zephne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Complications; Histology; Hysterectomy; Indications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENORRHAGIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 84355161408     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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