Gynecologic laparoscopy in patients aged 65 or more: Feasibility and safety in the presence of increased comorbidity

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-53

  Ciavattini, Andrea ^a   Di Giuseppe, Jacopo ^a   Cecchi, Stefano ^a   Tsiroglou, Dimitrios ^a   Mancioli, Francesca ^a   Stevenazzi, Guido ^b   Tranquilli, Andrea L ^a   Litta, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Gynecologic surgical procedures; Laparoscopy; Obesity; Previous laparotomy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADNEXA DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL ADNEXECTOMY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF PORPHYRIN AND HEME METABOLISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OMENTECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY DISEASE; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROCAR; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SIZE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL CUFF DEHISCENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898058762     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.12.035     Document Type: Article

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