Rupture of the primigravid uterus: A review of the literature

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Walsh, Colin A ^a   Baxi, Laxmi V ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOMYOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LITERATURE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS RUPTURE; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 34247217508     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000261643.11301.56     Document Type: Review

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