Emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a Nigerian hospital: A 20-year review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 372-373

  Ezechi, O C ^a   Kalu, B K E ^a   Njokanma, F O ^a   Nwokoro, C A ^a   Okeke, G C E ^a  

^a Havana Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTOCIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042675147     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001685466     Document Type: Review

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