Surgical approach to hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2023, Issue 8, 2023, Pages

  Pickett, Charlotte M ^a   Seeratan, Dachel D ^b   Mol, Ben Willem J ^c   Nieboer, Theodoor E ^d   Johnson, Neil ^e   Bonestroo, Tijmen ^f   Aarts, Johanna WM ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; ENTEROPATHY; FISTULA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 85168930014     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003677.pub6     Document Type: Review

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