Endometrial Cancer
Hysterectomy approaches for obese women compared
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 12th, 2005
"We compared total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) with total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) with respect to feasibility (operating time, estimated blood loss, length of hospital stay, and conversion to laparotomy) and safety (perioperative morbidity and mortality) in a retrospective analysis of 78 morbidly obese patients with endometrial cancer," said Andreas Obermair and colleagues, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Queensland.
Their analysis was based on the intention to treat.
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