Vaginal vault dehiscence after laparoscopic hysterectomy over a nine-year period at Sydney West Advanced Pelvic Surgery Unit - Our experiences and current understanding of vaginal vault dehiscence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-127

  Chan, Warren S W ^a   Kong, Karen K Y ^b   Nikam, Yogesh A ^a   Merkur, Harry ^a  

^a Sydney West Advanced Pelvic Surgery Unit   (Australia)

^b BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Vault dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL VAULT DEHISCENCE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 84859467232     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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