Life-threatening uterine haemorrhage six weeks after Caesarean section due to uterine scar endometriosis: Case report and review of literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-258

  Sholapurkar, Shashikant L ^a   Sharp, Nicholas C ^a   Hirschowitz, Lynn ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR INDUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 20744435783     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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