Iatrogenic secondary post-partum haemorrhage: Apropos of two uncommon cases

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 392-394

  Mammen, T ^a   Shanthakumari, H ^a   Gopi, K ^a   Lionel, J ^a   Ayyappan, A P ^a   Kekre, A ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coil embolization; Secondary post partum haemorrhage; Uterine pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UTERUS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 33746165524     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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