Pelvic sepsis complicating embolization of a uterine fibroid

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 516-517

  Robson, Stephen ^a   Wilson, Kay ^a   Munday, David ^a   Sebben, Ruben ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TECHNIQUE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0032737804     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03150.x     Document Type: Article

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