Pseudoaneurysm of the uterine artery after cesarean delivery: Management with superselective arterial embolization

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages 540-543

  Butori, Noémie ^a   Coulange, Laurène ^a   Filipuzzi, Laurence ^a   Krausé, Denis ^a   Loffroy, Romaric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY FALSE ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EID: 60549109919     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318190a43a     Document Type: Article

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