Surgical treatment of uterine atony employing the B-Lynch technique

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-196

  Dacus, John V ^a   Busowski, Mary T ^a   Busowski, John D ^a   Smithson, Stacy ^a   Masters, Kimberly ^a   Sibai, Baha M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Postpartum hemorrhage; Uterine atony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE INERTIA;

EID: 0033922749     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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