Using the cervix to stop bleeding in a woman with placenta accreta: A case report

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 502-504

  Dawlatly, B ^a   Wong, I ^a   Khan, K ^a   Agnihotri, S ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LABOR; MECONIUM; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33847774885     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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