Intra-operative haemorrhage by blunt versus sharp expansion of the uterine incision at caesarean delivery: A randomised clinical trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 448-452

  Magann, Everett F ^a   Chauhan, Suneet P ^b   Bufkin, Laura ^a   Field, Karen ^a   Roberts, William E ^a   Martin Jr , James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INJURY; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TISSUE EXPANSION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0242317768     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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