The B-Lynch suture at 16 weeks: Its use to conserve a perforated uterus

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-371

  El Daief, S S G ^a,b   Kirwan, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COLON, SIGMOID; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UTERINE PERFORATION;

EID: 33846944620     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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