Postpartum Uterine Wound Dehiscence: A Case Report

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 713-715

  Wagner, Marie Soleil ^a   Bédard, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Dehiscence; Endomyometritis; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OXYTOCIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERAL DISORDER; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE COMPLICATION; UTERUS ENLARGEMENT; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; HYSTERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 39049190689     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32236-8     Document Type: Article

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