Transumbilical single-incision total laparoscopic hysterectomy: Technique and initial experience in Turkey

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 581-585

  Sendag, Fatih ^a   Turan, Volkan ^a   Zeybek, Burak ^a   Bilgin, Onur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Laparoscopy; Single incision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867621128     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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