Hepatic rupture after cesarean section in a patient with HELLP syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-192

  Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Capobianco, Giampiero ^a   Virdis, Paolo ^a   Rubattu, Giovanni ^a   Cosmi, Erich ^b   Porcu, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Hepatic rupture; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER RUPTURE; LIVER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34347404358     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0318-9     Document Type: Article

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