Maternal and perinatal morbidity associated with classic and inverted T cesarean incisions

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 633-637

  Patterson, Leslie S ^a   O'Connell, Colleen M ^a   Baskett, Thomas F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

CESAREAN SECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NOVA SCOTIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036805504     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02200-7     Document Type: Article

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