Uterine pathology in women undergoing minimally invasive hysterectomy using morcellation

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1253-1255

  Wright, Jason D ^a   Tergas, Ana I ^a   Burke, William M ^a   Cui, Rosa R ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Hershman, Dawn L ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORCELLATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS; TUMOR SEEDING; UTERUS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PREVALENCE; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84907486045     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.9005     Document Type: Letter

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