Trends in use and outcomes of women undergoing hysterectomy with electric power morcellation

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 877-878

  Wright, Jason D ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Burke, William M ^a   Hou, June Y ^a   Tergas, Ana I ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a   Hershmaz, Dawn L ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC POWER MORCELLATOR; ELECTRICITY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPIC MORCELLATOR; ICD-9; LETTER; MORCELLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS TUMOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MORCELLATION; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84985868125     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9432     Document Type: Letter

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