Second-trimester rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy: Rupture after labor induction with misoprostol

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1160-1162

  Samuels, Terri Ann ^a   Awonuga, Awoniyi ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LABOR INDUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LAPAROTOMY; MISOPROSTOL; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE RUPTURE; UTERUS;

EID: 27444447028     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000182989.06439.68     Document Type: Article

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