Compressive uterine sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 569-572

  Pereira, Alcides ^a   Nunes, Filomena ^a   Pedroso, Sónia ^a   Saraiva, João ^a   Retto, Hélio ^a   Meirinho, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 23944447591     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000168434.28222.d3     Document Type: Article

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