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Lateral decubitus position to facilitate pelvic examination of the patient with severe obesity

BACKGROUND: Patients with elevated BMI pose a number of challenges for the gynecologist. Pelvic examination may be more difficult due to adiposity in the perineum and labia, increasing the distance between the vulva and cervix. The objective of the current work was to describe use of the lateral dec...

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Autor principal: Breitkopf, Daniel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33827544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01289-2