1170 consecutive hysterectomies: Indications and pathology

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 108-112

  MacKenzie, Ian Z ^a   Naish, Caroline ^a   Rees, Margaret ^a   Manek, Sanjiv ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal hysterectomy; Histology; Hysterectomy; Indications; Vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS TUMOR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE DISEASES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 9244241573     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1362180043654593     Document Type: Review

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