Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis: An unpredictable event: Two case reports and review of the literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Capobianco, Giampiero ^a   Arru, Antonio ^b   Demurtas, Pietro ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Doppler ultrasonography; Heparin and intravenous antibiotics; Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038511200     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0318-3     Document Type: Article

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