Does closure of the peritoneum during caesarean section influence postoperative morbidity and subsequent bladder adhesion formation?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-241

  McNally, Orla M ^a,b   Curtain, A C ^a  

^a Erinville Hospital   (Ireland)

^b Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030979595     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443619750113131     Document Type: Article

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