Which route for hysterectomy?: Evidence-based outcomes guide selection

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Kovac, S Robert ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 85032069460     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.09.315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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