A death following hysteroscopic myomectomy

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 367-370

  Katz, Yeshayahu ^a,b   Moscovici, Roland ^a   Prego, George ^a   Merzel, Yosef ^a   Kniznik, Daniel ^a   Lev, Amiram ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Death hyponatraemia; Hysteroscopy; Volume overload

Indexed keywords

RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYSTEROSCOPY; LUNG EDEMA; MYOMECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035688614     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.2001.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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