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Short-term recovery after subtotal and total abdominal hysterectomy—a randomised clinical trial

  1. P Persson1,
  2. J Brynhildsen2,
  3. P Kjølhede2,
  4. on behalf of the Hysterectomy Multicentre Study Group in South-East Sweden

Article first published online: 14 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02468.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 117, Issue 4, pages 469–478, March 2010

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Persson, P., Brynhildsen, J., Kjølhede, P. and on behalf of the Hysterectomy Multicentre Study Group in South-East Sweden (2010), Short-term recovery after subtotal and total abdominal hysterectomy—a randomised clinical trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 117: 469–478. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02468.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

  2. 2

    Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

*Dr P Persson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Email par.persson@akademiska.se

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 JAN 2010
  3. Accepted 13 November 2009. Published Online 14 January 2010.

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