Minimally invasive surgery for obstructed labour: A review of symphysiotomy during the twentieth century (including 5000 cases)

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-248

  Björklund, Kenneth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FETUS MORTALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPHYSIOTOMY;

EID: 0036514591     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)01214-4     Document Type: Article

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