Silent uterine rupture following second trimester medical termination of pregnancy in a woman with an artificial urinary sphincter and three previous caesarean sections

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 687-

  Rajesh, U ^a   Vyjayanthi, S ^a,b   Piskorowskyj, N ^a  

^a WEST WALES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMEPROST; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY SPHINCTER, ARTIFICIAL; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 0036863557     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014436102762062367     Document Type: Article

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