Fatal infection following transvaginal fibroid resection

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-246

  Jørgensen, Jørgen C ^a,b   Pelle, Jan ^a   Philipsen, Torben ^a  

^a HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endometrial ablation; Fibroid resection; Infection; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METRORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0029808752     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1996.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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