Regional and temporal variation in hysterectomy rates and surgical routes for benign diseases in the Netherlands

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-225

  Hanstede, Miriam M F ^a   Burger, Martijn J ^b   Timmermans, Anne ^a   Burger, Matthé P M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal hysterectomy; benign conditions; hysterectomy rates; vaginal hysterectomy; variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856107058     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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